| A | B |
|---|
| aberration (AB away + ERR wander) | going away from the right, customary, or prescribed path |
| abject (AB away + JECT throw) | sunk to a low condition; miserable; wretched; feeling like one is a "throw away" |
| abrasion (AB away + [E]RASE) | that which is rubbed off. |
| abscond (AB away) | to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest |
| abyss | bottomless gulf or chasm |
| acumen (ACR sharp) | quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; sharpness of mind. |
| adjudge (AD to + JUDGE) | to award or bestow by formal decision. |
| adoration (verb form: adore) | profound devotion. |
| advocate (AD to + VOC voice/call) | to speak for, one on behalf, of another person; to give one's voice, or support, for another |
| affable | easily approachable; warm and friendly |
| affluence (AF/AD to + FLU flow) | an abundant supply of riches, words, or thoughts; a flowing of words or riches |
| alacrity (think alarm) | quickness in response; cheerful readiness |
| altruist (AL/AD to + TRUTH + IST one who) | one willing to sacrifice all for whatever is right or true |
| ameliorate (AD to + MELLI honey + -ATE cause) | to improve or make things better |
| amoral (A/AN not/without + MORAL) | one without moral standards; neither moral nor immoral (young children are amoral--they have not yet learned right from wrong) |
| amphibian (AMPHI/AMBI both + BIO life) | an animal that can live both on water and on land |
| anachronism (AN without or not + CHRON time) | something misplaced in time (e.g., wearing fashions from long ago) |
| android (ANDRO man + OID appearance) | having similarity to man in some respect, either appearance or ability |
| anhydrous (AN without or not + HYDR water) | withered |
| animadversion (A not/wihout + (A)NIM mind + AD to + VERT turn) | criticism; or the attempt to turn, or change, one's mind |
| anomaly (AN not + (H)OMO same) | something that is not normal; not the same (as others) |
| antecedent (ANTE before + CEDE go) | anything logically going before something else |
| antedate (ANTE before + DATE) | to occur before something else |
| (anterior) ANTE before | located before (that is, in front of something) |
| anteroom) ANTE before + ROOM | a room before the main room; e.g., a waiting room |
