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ABATE
to lessen, to supress, to extinguish.

e.g. to abate one's enthusiasm
ABDICATION
giving up control authority
ABERRATION
straying away from what is normal
ABET
to encourage, support, give approval, usually in wrongdoing.

e.g. to abet a crime
ABEYANCE
suspended action. temporary inactivity.

e.g. Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while
ABHOR
to hate, to detest
ABIDE
to be faithful, to endure, to live, to accept without opposition

e.g. to abide in small village
ABJURE
to promise or swear to give up.
ABRADED
rubbed off, worn away by friction, to scrape off
ABROGATE
repeal or annul by authority

e.g. to abrogate a law
ABSCOND
to go away suddenly, to avoid arrest.

e.g. The cashier absconded with the money.
ABSTRUSE
difficult to comprehend, obscure.

e.g. abstruse theories
ABUT
to border on, to be adjacent.

e.g. This piece of land abuts on a street.
ABYSMAL
bottomless, extreme

e.g. abysmal ignorance, abysmal poverty
ACARPOUS
no longer fertile, worn out, sterile
ACCLAIMED
welcomed with shouts and approval.

e.g. to acclaim the conquering heroes.
ACCOLADE
praise approval, knighting ceremony.

e.g. the play received accolades from the press.
ACCRETION
the growing of separate things into one, an added part.

e.g. The last part of the legend is a later accretion.
ACCRUE
accumulate, to happen or result as natural growth, increase
ADAMANT
inflexible, unyielding, too hard to cut, break, or pierce
ADMONITORY
containing warning

e.g. an admonitory gesture
ADORN
to add beauty, decorate

e.g. garlands of flowers adorning their hair
ADULTERATION
making unpure, poorer in quality
AFFABLE
polite and friendly

e.g. an affable and courteous gentleman
AFFINITY
close connection, relationship
AGGRAVATE
to make worse, irritate,
AGILE
active, quick-moving

e.g. an agile leap, an agile pesron
AGOG
eager, excited
AIL
trouble, to be ill

e.g. He's been ailing for sometime
ALACRITY
eager and cheerful, readiness

e.g. we accepted the invitation with alacrity.
ALCOVE
recess, partially enclosed place

e.g. a dincing alcove
ALE
fermented alcoholic beverage
ALECK
one who considers himself smarter than others
ALLEGIANCE
duty, support, loyalty
ALLEVIATE
make easier to bear
ALLOY
to debase by mixing with something ifnerior, a substance composed of two or more metals
ALOOF
reserved, indifferent

e.g. they always stand aloof from their classmates
AMALGAMATE
mix, combine, unite societies

e.g. to amalgamate two companies
AMBIDEXTROUS
to use the right or left hand equally well
AMBIGUOUS
doubtful, uncertain
AMBIVALENT
having both of two contrary meanings
AMBROSIAL
extremely pleasing to taste
AMELIORATE
improve, make better
AMORITZE
end a debt by setting money aside
ANGUISH
severe suffering
ANIMOSITY
strong dislike
ANTIDOTE
medicine used against a poison or disease
ANTITHETICAL
direct opposing
APARTHEID
brutal racial discrimination
APLOMB
self-confidence, vertical position
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 the future
APPRISE
give notice, to inform
APPROBATION
approval
APROPOS
appropriate to the situation, fitting
APT
well-suited, quick-witted
ARABESQUE
a complex, ornate design, a short fanciful musical piece
ARBOREAL
of connected with trees, living among trees
ARDOR
enthusiasm
ARDUOUS
steep, difficult ascent, laborious
ARGOT
jargon, slang
ARRANT`
in the highest degree
ARTICULATE
speak distinctly, connect by joints
ASCEND
go or come up
ASCERTAIN
get to know
ASCETIC
practicing self-denial, austere, stark, a monk or hermit
ASCRIBE
consider to be the origin of or belonging to
ASEPTIC
surgically clean
ASPERITY
roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability
ASPERSION
slander
ASSAIL
attack violently
ASSIDUOUS
diligent, hard-working, constant
ASSUAGE
make something (pain, desire) less
ASTRINGENT
substance that shrinks
ASTUTE
clever, quick at seeing to get an advantage
ATONEMENT
repayment, death of Jesus, amends
ATTENUATE
make thin, weaken
ATTUNE
bring into harmony
AUDACIOUS
daring, foolishly bold
AUGURY
omen sign
AUGUST
majestic, eminent
AUSPICIOUS
favorable, successful, prosperous
AUSTERE
severely moral and strict, simple and plain
AUXILIARY
helping, supporting, additional
AVER
affirm, asset, prove, justify
AVERSION
strong dislike
AVID
eager, greedy
AVOW
admit, declare openly