| A | B |
| adamant | hard; unyielding |
| affirmation | to give formal approval to |
| apathy | lack of feeling or interest; indifference |
| arrogant | overestimating one's importance or ability |
| atrophy | waste away |
| beguile | to deceive; to amuse, charm, delight |
| benign | not malignant; harmless |
| abstract | concerned with or based on theory more than facts |
| amivalence | opposing emotions or impulses at the same time |
| analogous | having resemblance; corresponding in certain way |