| A | B |
|---|
| amenities | convenient features; courtesies |
| amiable | agreeable |
| amicable | politely friendly |
| amiss | wrong; faulty |
| amity | friendship |
| amnesia | loss of memory |
| amnesty | pardon |
| amoral | nonmoral |
| amorous | moved by sexual love, loving |
| amphibian | able to live both on land and in water |
| amphitheater | oval bulding with tiers of seats |
| ample | abundant |
| amplify | broaden or clarify by expanding |
| amputate | cut off part of body |
| amulet | charm; talisman |
| analgesic | causing insensitivity to pain |
| analogy | similarity; parallelism |
| anarchy | absence of governing body; state of disorder |
| anathema | solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
| ancestry | family descent |
| anchor | secure of fasten firmly |
| ancillary | serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary |
| anemia | condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles |
| anesthetic | substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| anguish | acute pain |
| angular | sharp cornered; stiff in manner |
| animated | lively; spirited |
| animus | hostile feeling or intent |
| annals | records; history |
| annex | attach; take possession of |
| annihilate | destroy |
| annotate | comment |
| annuity | yearly allowance |
| annul | make void |
| anoint | consecrate |
| anomalous | abnormal; irregular |
| anonymity | state of being nameless; anonymousness |
| anonymous | having no name |
| antecede | precede |
| antecedents | preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
| anthem | song of praise or patriotism |
| anthology | book of literary selections by various authors |
| anthropocentric | regarding human beings as the center of the universe |
| anthropoid | manlike |
| anthropologist | a student of the history and science of mankind |
| anthropomorphic | having human form or characteristics |
| anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion |
| antiseptic | substance that prevents infection |
| antithesis | constrast; direct opposite of or to |
| ape | imitate or mimic |
| aperture | opening; hole |
| apex | tip; summit; climax |
| aphasia | loss of speech due to injury or illness |
| aphorism | pithy maxim |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| aplomb | poise; assurance |
| apocalyptic | prophetic; pertaining to revelations |
| apogee | highest point |
| apolitical | having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs |
| apologist | one who writes in defense of a cause or institution |
| apostate | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs |
