| A | B |
|---|
| adulterate | make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| advent | arrival |
| adventitous | accidental; casusal |
| adverse | unfavorable; hostile |
| advocacy | support; active pleading on something's behalf |
| aerie | nest of large bird of prey |
| affected | artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress |
| affidavit | written statement made under oath |
| affiliation | joining; associating with |
| affinity | kinship |
| affix | fasten; attach |
| affliction | state of distress; cause of suffering |
| affluence | abundance; wealth |
| affront | insult; offense |
| aftermath | consequences; outcome;upshot |
| agenda | items of business at a metting |
| agent | means or instrument; personal representative |
| agglomeration | collection; heap |
| aggrandize | increase or intensify |
| aggressor | attacker |
| aghast | horrified |
| agility | nimbleness |
| agitate | stir up; disturb |
| agnostic | one who is skeptical of the existence or knowablility of a god or any ultimate reality |
| agrarian | pertaining to land or its cultivation |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness |
| alchemy | medieval chemistry |
| alcove | nook ; small, recessed section of a room |
| alias | anassumed name |
| alienate | make hostile; seperate |
| alimentary | supplying nourishment |
| alimony | payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce |
| allay | calm; pacify |
| allege | state without proof |
| allegiance | loyalty |
| allegory | story in which characters are used as symbols |
| alliteration | repition of beginning sound in poetry |
| allocate | assign |
| alloy | amixture as of metals |
| alloy | mix |
| allude | refer indirectly |
| allure | entice; attract |
| allusion | indirect reference |
| aloft | upward |
| altercation | noisy quarrel; heated dispute |
| amalgamate | combine; unite in one body |
| amass | collect |
| ambidextrous | capable of using either hand with equal ease |
| ambience | environment; atmosphere |
| amble | moving at an easy pace |
| ambulatory | able to walk; not bedridden |
| ameliorate | improve |
| amenable | readily managed; willing to be led |
| amend | correct; change, generally for the better |
