| A | B |
| absence | not being present; time away; nonexistence |
| accept | take something offered; say yes to an invitation; to terms with something; endure situation; believe something; agree to terms; take blame for something; take on duty; process something; allow somebody to join; be welcoming to somebody; receive for review |
| acceptance | agreement to invitation or offer; act of willingly taking gift; willingness to believe; coming to terms with something; toleration; social tolerance; positive response to application; agreement to terms; agreement to pay |
| accidentally | chance; incidental; not in key signature; unplanned effect |
| accommodate | oblige somebody; allow for something; have room for somebody or something; provide lodging for somebody; adapt to something new; lend somebody money; reach agreement; adjust focus |
| accordance | consensus; adherence to correct process; bestowal |
| accuracy | correctness; ability to avoid errors |
| achievement | success; finishing well; full coat of arms; earned social status |
| acknowledgment | acceptance of facts; sign of recognition; official recognition; indication of receipt; thanks; |
| across | in spite of boundaries; so as to cross something; throughout; measured in width; horizontally on crossword |
| affect | influence somebody or something; stir somebody's emotions; cause somebody to have disease |
| agreeable | pleasing; friendly; willing to comply; satisfactory |
| almost | nearly; not exactly, not yet, or not in fact, but very close to being or happening as described |
| already | unexpectedly early; used to give emphasis |
| altogether | with everything included; totally; on the whole |
| among | of group; in group; between group members; in addition to |
| analysis | close examination; separation into components; assessment; branch of mathematics; way of expressing grammatical relationships |
| analyze | study something closely; break something down into components; examine structure; express something using function words |
| apologize | express remorse for something; acknowledge that something is not ideal; defend something formally |
| apparent | clear; seeming; directly observed but neglecting modifying factors |