| A | B |
|---|
| to shorten | abridge - edit |
| to give credit in public | acclaim - approval |
| the one who opposes you | adversary - rival |
| trials in our lives | adversity -hardship |
| One who is for you; your champion | advocate - campaigner |
| at hand, easy to get a hold of | accessible - available |
| not clear; a mystery | obstruse - puzzling |
| summary or an overview of the main points | abstract - synopsis |
| over the top devotion, praise | adulation - admiration |
| servere in manner, solemnity | obstemious - sober |
| having a sense of beauty | aesthetic - artistic |
| pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite | affable - sociable |
| intense feelings, passionate | affable - zealous |
| above it all, staying out of the situation, outsider | aloof - standoffish |
| to lessen in intensity, ease | alleviate - assauge |
| thinking or acting outside societal limits | anarchist - radical |
| short story | anecdote - yarn |
| thinking of others before self | altruistic - selfless |
| open to several possible meanings | ambiguous - indistinct |
| to be approved | affimation - confirmarion |
| something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects | antidote - remedy |
| old or outmoded, out of style | archaic |
| proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: | arbitrary - random |
| uncaring, not engaged | apathy - lethargy |
| feeling of fear or timidity | apprehention - trepidation |
| disdainfully proud; snobbish; supercilious | arrogance - haughtiness |
| to give in to a desire | appease - placate |
| opposition | antagonism - rivalry |
| a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action | animosity - loathing |
| creator of excellent work | artisan - craftsman |
| to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous | aspire - desire |
| to explain often with words | articulate - convey, explicate - explain |
| scholarly, full of discernment; sagacious | astute - judicious |
| to improve | augment - enhance |
| self centered rule | despotic - authoritarian |
| governing or controlling influence; | ascendancy - dominance |
| economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful | ascetic - frugal |
| rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral | austere - severe |
| subject to its own laws only | autonomous - independent |
| bare, desolate, and often windswept | bleak - dreary |
