abandon: to leave something behindabase: to cause to feel shame, to hurt the pride ofabate: to make or become lessabdicate: to give up a position of powerabduct: to kidnap or seizeaberrant: deviating from what is normal or desirableaberration: differing from what is normal or usualabet: to assist somebody to do something, especially something illegalabeyance: temporary inactivity or non-operationabhor: to loath, detestabide: to tolerate, to put up withabject: being in low spirit or hopeabjure: to reject or give upabnegate: to give up or renounce somethingabolish: to put an end to somethingabolitionist: opponent of slavery, someone who supports the ban of somethingabominate: to hate violentlyaboriginal: existing from the earliest known timesabortive: unsuccessfulabound: to be plentifulabrade: to wear awayabrasive: rough, coarse, harshabreast: side by side; up to a certain level of knowledgeabridge: to shorten by leaving important partsabrogate: to revoke formallyabscond: to escape especially to avoid arrestabsolute: complete, totally unlimited, certainabsolve: to set free from duty or blameabstain: to keep oneself from doing somethingabstemious: marked by temperance in indulgenceabstention: nonparticipationabstract: theoretical, non concreteabstruse: hard to understand, obscureabsurd: ridiculousabut: to touch or be adjacent to something along one sideabysmal: being terrible, awful or extremely badaccede: to give consent or agreement to somethingaccelerate: to move fasteraccentuate: to stress, single out as important; to emphasizeaccess: approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase (n/v)accessible: easy to approach, obtainableaccessory: optional part, additionalacclaim: to applaud, to announce with great approvalacclimate: to get to used to different things, to familiarizeaccolade: applauseaccommodate: to provide a place for living; to help someone or adjust into harmonyaccomplice: partner in crimeaccord: agreement or treatyaccost: to approach or confrontaccredit: to give somebody the authority to perform a functionaccrete: to grow largeraccrue: to increase in amount or valueacculturate: to take on other cultureacerbic: harsh, bitterachromatic: colorlessacknowledge: to recognize, admitacme: zenithacquiesce: to agree or go along wellacrid: strong and sharp, harsh or corrosive in toneacrimonious: full of or displaying anger and resentmentacrimony: bitterness and resentmentactuate: to induce or start, to activateacuity: sharpnessacumen: shrewdness shown by keen insightad hoc: improvised, done for a particular purpose without considering wider issuesad infinitum: endlesslyad nauseam: to an extreme or annoying extentadage: traditional sayingadamant: utterly unyieldingadapt: to accommodate, to adjustaddle: to befuddleadept: skilled; expertadhere: to cling or follow without deviationadhere: to stick fast toadieu: farewelladjacent: neighboringadjudge: to make declaration about, to declareadjudicate: to decide legally, to judgeadjunct: something inessential addedadjuration: earnest appeal or requestadjure: to order solemnlyadmissible: allowable, allowed to be doneadmonish: to warn or urge, to adviseadmonition: mild but earnest rebuke, advice or cautionadoration: great love and esteem, worshipadrift: floating without direction, without a purposeadroit: skillfuladulate: to flatter in an obsequious manneradulation: excessively admiring behavioradulterate: to contaminate or make impureadumbrate: to outline or sketch in an obscure wayadvent: the arrival of something importantadventitious: accidentaladventurous: daring to participate in something riskyadversarial: antagonistic, competitiveadverse: unfavorableadversity: hardship and sufferingadvocate: to supportaerial: being or related to mid-air, above airaesthetic: pertaining to beauty or artaffable: diffusing warmth and friendlinessaffected: pretentious, intended to impress othersaffection: love and friendlinessaffinity: kinship, attraction toaffluent: rich, abundantaffront: an open insult or giving of offense to somebody (n/v)afoul: into conflict, entangledafresh: again but in a new or different wayagape: with the mouth wide open in surprise or wonderagenda: plan, scheduleagglomerate: to pile or heap togetheragglutinate: to adhereaggrandize: to exaggerate or enlargeaggravate: to annoy someoneaggregate: to collect togetheraggrieve: to give pain to oneaghast: stuck with horroragile: nimbleagitate: to make nervous and troubledagnostic: one denying the existence of somethingagrarian: relating to rural and farmingailment: any type of illness, sicknessairs: affected manners intended to impress othersakin: similar or closely related to somethingalacrity: promptness or eager and speedy readinessalas: unfortunatelyalbeit: even thoughalfresco: outside, outdoorsalgorithm: established procedure for solving a problem or equationalias: assumed namealibi: excuse, the claim to have been somewhere elsealienate: to cause to become unfriendly or hostilealight: to come down or settle, full of energyaliment: to support, something that sustainsall-around: versatile, all-inclusiveallay: to calm an emotion or worryallege: to report or maintainallegiance: loyaltyallegory: symbolic representationalleviate: to provide physical relief, as from pain, to make easieralley: narrow passageallot: to assign, to give in portionalloy: combination (n/v)allure: the power to entice or attract through personal charm (n/v)allusion: indirect referencealoof: physically distant or apart from somebody or something, detachedaltercate: to engage in a heated argument or confrontationaltruism: unselfishnessamalgamate: to combineamaranthine: eternal, undyingamass: to bring togetheramateur: practicing for the love of it, but not as a professionamatory: designated to excite loveambidextrous: with the ability to use both hands equally well, skillful in many waysambiguous: being vague, unclear and confusingambit: extent of limit of somethingambition: the goal or aim, dream or desireambivalent: unsureambrosial: extremely pleasing to the taste, sweet and fragrantameliorate: to improveamenable: agreeable, willing to cooperateamend: to make changes to somethingamenity: pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditionsamiable: friendly, pleasant, likableamicable: friendly, peacefulamiss: wrong and improperamnesty: official pardonamoral: unprincipled, unethicalamorous: inclined toward or displaying loveamorphous: without a shapeamphibious: operating or living on land and in waterample: plenty, being more than enoughamplify: to increase in size, volume or significance, to add detailsamulet: charm or talismananachronistic: outdatedanaerobic: living or active in the absence of free oxygenanalogous: similar in some respectsanarchy: absence of government or law, chaosanathema: an object of loathing, curseanchor: to fasten, to secureanchorage: place that seems to give stability or securityancillary: providing support; auxiliaryanew: again but in a new or different wayangst: dread, anxietyanguish: suffering or pain (n/v)animadvert: to comment critically or unfavorablyanimate: to add enthusiasm or excitementanimosity: hatredannex: an addition that extends a main building; to take illegally, as of territoryannihilate: to destroy completelyannul: to make something invalidanodyne: painkilling, serving to soothe, relax, or comfortanomalous: abnormal or strangeanonymous: having no name or an unknown nameantagonism: hatredantecedent: preceding in time or orderantedate: to occur earlier thanantediluvian: ancient, obsoleteanterior: forward, or frontanthology: collection of writing worksantipathy: feeling of dislikeantiquate: to make out of dateantiquity: ancient timesantithesis: direct oppositeapace: quickly, abreastapathetic: indifferent, uninterested, lazyapathy: lack of concern of interestaperture: narrow opiningapex: the highest point of somethingaphorism: succinct statement expressing an opinion or a general truthapiece: for eachaplomb: confidence, calmnessapocalypse: total disaster, destructionapocryphal: not genuine, fictionalapostate: one who abandons his faithapotheosis: one having no equal, excellenceappall: to horrifyappeal: an earnest request, attraction (n/v)appease: to cause to be more favorably inclinedappertain: to belong as a proper function or partapportion: to divide something among manyapposite: relevantappreciable: sufficient enough to be noticedapprehend: to put under arrest, to grasp mentallyapprehension: feeling of anxiety or fear that something bad will happenapprise: to inform or noticeapprobation: praise, official approvalappropriate: to take possessions ofapt: very appropriate to something, likelyaptitude: inherent ability, powerarable: suitable for cultivationarbitrary: random and illogicalarboreal: relating to treesarcane: secret, obscure, only known to fewarchaic: belonging or relating to a much earlier period, oldarchetype: original modelarchip