| A | B | 
|---|
| abandon | (v) to leave or give up completely | 
| abdicate | (v) give up power, authority or the throne | 
| abduct | (v) to take away by force, kidnap | 
| abnormal | (adj) not typical, average or normal | 
| aboriginal | (n) the original inhabitants of a country | 
| absolute | (adj) without restraint, not dependent on anything | 
| absolve | (v) to free from blame, debt or responsibility | 
| abstain | (v) to voluntarily refrain from | 
| abstract | (adj) not concrete or related to specific things; not easy to understand | 
| apogee | (n) the point in the moon's or a satellite's orbit when it is farthest from the earth or the body it orbits | 
| eccentric | ignoring social conventions; odd (adj) | 
| ecstasy | happiness; overwhelming feelings of joy (n) | 
| effervesce | to give off bubbles; to show excitement or liveliness (v) | 
| effusive | demonstrative; unreserved; overflowing; pouring out (adj) | 
| eject | throw out (v) | 
| emit | to send out; discharge (v) | 
| excerpt | a selected passage from a book or article (n) | 
| exodus | a departure or journey away from a place (n) | 
| expulsion | a forcing out (n) | 
| extrude | force or press out (v) | 
| coexist | (v) to exist at the same time or in the same place | 
| coherent | (adj) sticking together; connected, related in some way | 
| collaborate | (v) to labor together | 
| collide | (v) to come together with great force; to clash | 
| composite | (adj) made of separate parts or elements | 
| compound | (v) bring together; (n) a mixture | 
| concordance | (n) an agreement or harmony | 
| congregate | (v) to gather together | 
| symmetry | (n) elements on both sides of a line that have the same shape, size, and arrangement | 
| synthesize | (v) to form a new thing by combining parts from other things; to unite or merge |