| A | B |
|---|
| aberration | a deviation, an abnormal development, a departure from the usual course |
| abound | to be plentiful, to exist in large numbers, to have plenty |
| abstemious | moderate, sparing in eating and drinking |
| abut | to join at a boundary, to touch at one edge or end |
| accredit | to give authority to, to believe, to bring credit |
| accrue | to accumulate, to come as a natural growth or right |
| acumen | keen insight, sharp and quick observation |
| affable | easy to talk to, friendly, courteous and pleasant |
| affidavit | a written sworn and under oath |
| affiliate | n. a member, an assiciated person or organization, v. to assiciate or unite with a larger body |
| affluent | weathly, abundant, plentiful, rich |
| alacrity | promt and eager action, readiness, willingness, eagerness |
| alienate | to lose the affection of, to make unfriendly |
| allege | to claim, to assert positively, to assert without proof, |
| alleviate | to ease suffering of mind or body, to calm, to relieve |
| ambiguous | obscure, not clear, to have more than one possible meaning, unclear |
| amnesty | a general pardon, especially for political prisoners |
| anagram | a word or phrase formed from another word by changing the order of the letters |
| analogy | a similarity, a likeness between different things, comparasion |
| anneal | to strengthen, to toughen glass or metal by heating and slowly cooling |
| anthropology | the study of phyiscal, cultural, and social development and behavior of humanity, humanity's origins |
| antipathy | a hatred, a strong or fixed dislike |
| apprehensive | fearful, afraid, anxious, worried some misfortune may occur |
| apprise | to inform, to notify, to give notice to |
| arbiter | a judge, a person chosen to settle a dispute |
| archaic | ancient, old-fashioned, no longer in general use |
| aroma | a pleasant fragrance or smell, a distinctive odor |
| artifice | a trick, skill, clever device, trickery |
| ascertain | to determine, find out, to learn through research |
| assiduous | hard-working, perserving, careful and attentive |
| atrocious | horrifying, bad, abominable, wicked, horrifying or cruel, very bad |
| augury | omens or signs by which the future is told |
| axiom | self evident truth or statement , assumed true statement, etablished principle, basic truth |
| balmy | mild and pleasant, gentle, soothing |
| bandy | exchange, give and take, toss back and forth, discuss lightly |
| bauble | trinket, useless toy, worthless trifle, little value showy trinket |
| bedlam | confusion, out of hand uproar |
| beneficent | doing good, kind, charitable |
| bestride | straddle, a leg on each side |
| botch | bungle, to spoil by poor work, n. poor work |
