| A | B |
|---|
| Abase | v humiliate |
| Abet | v support |
| Abeyance | n. suspension |
| Abjure | v. refrain from |
| Abomination | n. something despised |
| aboriginal | adj. native |
| abound | v. be very numerous |
| abrogate | v. abolish |
| accede | v. give in |
| accentuate | v. emphasize |
| access | v. right to approach |
| acclaim | v. praise publicly |
| accord | v. agree |
| accouterments | v.trappings |
| accrue | v. accumulate |
| acquisitive | adj. greedy |
| acquit | v. find not guilty |
| acronym | n. word made up of initials |
| adage | n. proverb |
| adduce | v. cite |
| adjourn | v. suspend |
| adjunct | adj. something added |
| ad-lib | improvise |
| advent | n. arrival |
| adventitious | adj. accidental but fortunate |
| advocate | n. person arguing for a position |
| affidavit | n. sworn written statement |
| affiliate | v. become closely associated. * This word can also be a noun. |
| affliction | n. misery |
| afford | v. give |
| affront | n. insult |
| aftermath | n. consequence |
| aggrandize | v. exaggerate |
| aggrieve | v. mistreat |
| aghast | adj. terrified |
| alchemy | n. seemingly magical transformation |
| alienate | v. estrange |
| allegiance | n. loyalty |
| allegory | n. symbolic story |
| allot | v. apportion |
| altercation | n. heated fight |
| amass | v. pile up |
| amid | prep. in the middle of |
| anathema | n. something hated or loathed |
| ancillary | adj. subordinate |
| angst | n. anxiety |
| annex | v. add |
| annuity | n. annual allowance |
| antedate | v. to be older |
| anterior | adj. situated in the front |
| anthology | n. collection |
| anthropomorphic | adj giving human qualities to nonhuman objects |
