| A | B |
|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer; to reduce a word or name to a shorter form |
| abstinence | act of refraining from; the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| adulation | excessive or slavish admiration or flattery |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| aesthetic | pertaining to beauty |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill: peaceable |
| anachronistic | an error in chronology, especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| anonymous | of unknown authorship or origin; not named or identified |
| antagonist | one that contends with or opposes another |
| arid | excessively dry; lacking in interest and life |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors; a place of retreat and security |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good; marked by or suggestive of goodwill |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
