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| antiseptic n. | Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms. |
| antislavery adj. | Opposed to human slavery. |
| antispasmodic adj. | Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections. |
| antistrophe n. | The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home". |
| antitoxin n. | A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms. |
| antonym n. | A word directly opposed to another in meaning. |
| anxious adj. | Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter. |
| apathy n. | Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling. |
| aperture n. | Hole. |
| apex n. | The highest point, as of a mountain. |
| aphorism n. | Proverb. |
| apiary n. | A place where bees are kept. |
| apogee n. | The climax. |
| apology n. | A disclaimer of intentional error or offense. |
| apostasy n. | A total departure from one's faith or religion. |
| apostate adj. | False. |
| apostle n. | Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority. |
| apothecary n. | One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions. |
| apotheosis n. | Deification. |
| appall v. | To fill with dismay or horror. |
| apparent adj. | Easily understood. |
| apparition n. | Ghost. |
| appease v. | To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. |
| appellate adj. | Capable of being appealed to. |
| appellation n. | The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called. |
| append v. | To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary. |
| appertain v. | To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation. |
| apposite adj. | Appropriate. |
| apposition n. | The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. |
| appraise v. | To estimate the money value of. |
| appreciable adj. | Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect. |
| apprehend v. | To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law. |
| apprehensible adj. | Capable of being conceived. |
| approbation n. | Sanction. |
| appropriate adj. | Suitable for the purpose and circumstances. |
| aqueduct n. | A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance. |
| aqueous adj. | Of, pertaining to, or containing water. |
| arbiter n. | One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters. |
| arbitrary adj. | Fixed or done capriciously. |
| arbitrate v. | To act or give judgment as umpire. |
| arbor n. | A tree. |
| arboreal adj. | Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. |
| arborescent adj. | Having the nature of a tree. |
| arboretum n. | A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
| arboriculture n. | The cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
| arcade n. | A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it. |
| archaic adj. | Antiquated |
| archaism n. | Obsolescence. |
| archangel n. | An angel of high rank. |
| archbishop n. | The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church. |
| archdeacon n. | A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese. |
| archaeology n. | The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man. |
| archetype n. | A prototype. |
