| A | B |
|---|
| abacus | frame with balls for calculating |
| abate | to lessen to subside |
| abdication | giving up control authority |
| aberration | straying away from what is normal |
| abet | help/encourage smb (in doing wrong) |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abhor | to hate to detest |
| abide | be faithful to endure |
| abjure | promise or swear to give up |
| abraded | rubbed off worn away by friction |
| abrogate | repeal or annul by authority |
| abscond | to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend obscure |
| abut | border on |
| abysmal | bottomless extreme |
| acarpous | effete no longer fertile worn out |
| acclaimed | welcomed with shouts and approval |
| accolade | praise approval |
| accretion | the growing of separate things into one |
| adamant | kind of stone inflexible |
| admonitory | containing warning |
| adorn | add beauty decorate |
| adulteration | making unpure poorer in quality |
| affable | polite and friendly |
| affinity | close connection relationship |
| aggravate | make worse irritate |
| agile | active quick-moving |
| agog | eager/excited |
| ail | trouble be ill |
| alacrity | eager and cheerful readiness |
| alcove | recess/partially enclosed place |
| allegiance | duty support loyalty |
| alleviate | make (pain) easier to bear |
| alloy | to debase by mixing with something inferior |
| aloof | reserved indifferent |
| amalgamate | mix combine unite societies |
| ambidextrous | able to use the left hand or the right equally well |
| ambiguous | doubtful uncertain |
| ambivalent | having both of two contrary meanings |
| ameliorate | improve make better |
| amortize | end (a debt) by setting aside money |
| anguish | severe suffering |
| animosity | strong dislike |
| antidote | medicine used against a poison or a disease |
| antithetical | direct opposing |
| apartheid | brutal racial discrimination |
| aplomb | self-confidence |
| apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
| apotheosis | deification glorification to godliness |
| appease | make quiet or calm |
| apprehensive | grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future |
| apprise | give notice to inform |
| approbation | approval |
| apropos | appropriate to the situation apt |
| apt | well-suited quick-witted |
| arabesque | a complex ornate design |
| arboreal | of connected with trees |
| ardor | enthusiasm |
| arduous | steep difficult ascent laborious |
| argot | jargon slang |
| arrant | in the highest degree |
| arrogance | proud superior manner of behavior |
| articulate | speak distinctly connect by joints |
| ascend | go or come up |
| ascertain | get to know |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial austere stark |
| ascribe | consider to be the origin of or belonging to |
| aseptic | surgically clean |
| asperity | roughness harshness ill temper irritability |
| aspersion | slander |
| assail | with attack violently |
| assiduous | diligent hard-working sedulous |
| assuage | make smth (pain desire) less |
| asterisk | the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) |
| astringent | substance that shrinks |
| astute | clever quick at seeing to get an advantage |
| atonement | repayment death of Jesus |
| attenuate | make thin. weaken enervate |
| attune | bring into harmony |
| audacious | daring foolishly bold impudent |
| augury | omen sign |
| august | majestic venerable |
| auspicious | favorable successful prosperous |
| austere | severely moral and strict simple and plain |
| auxiliary | helping supporting |
| aver | affirm assert prove justify |
| aversion | strong dislike |
| avid | eager greedy |
| avow | admit. Declare openly |
