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- Abase – to degrade
- Abash – to embarrass, to put to shame
- Abate – to decrease
- Abdicate – renounce, give up
- Aberration – variation
- Abet – to incite to do something wrong
- Abeyance – Temporary suspension
- Abhor – detest, hate, loathe, digest
- Abject – miserable, low, mean, worthless, lacking pride
- Abjure – to renounce, to give up on oath, disavow
- Ablution – cleansing, ritual washing of body
- Abnegate – to reject
- Abominate – to hate
- Abominable – detestable, extremely unpleasant, very bad
- Aborigine – original inhabitant
- Abortive – futile, born before time
- Abrade – scrap off
- Abrasive – rubbing away, scratchy
- Abridge – condense or shorten without losing sense ( in terms of written text)
- Abrogate – abolish, to cancel
- Abscission – removal by cutting off
- Abscond – depart secretly, to escape, to go away secretly
- Absolve – to acquit, to sent free(from sin),forgive
- Absolution – forgiveness
- Abstemious – sparing in diet
- Abstruse – difficult to understand, profound
- Abut- to adjoin
- Abysmal – bottomless, unfathomable, limitless
- Abyss – enormous chasm, vast, bottomless pit
- Accede- to agree to
- Accolade – praise, award
- Acoustic – sense of hearing
- Accouter – to equip
- Acclaim – applaud ,hail
- Accolade – award of merit
- Accord –agreement
- Accost – approach and speak first to person
- Acerbity- bitterness of speech and temper
- Acme – peak, pinnacle, highest point
- Acolyte – assistant
- Acrimony – bitterness
- Acrobat – rope dancer
- Actuary – insurance
- Actuate – to incite
- Acumen- shrewdness
- Adage – proverb
- Adamant – inflexible
- Adduce –to bring forth proof
- Adipose – fatty
- Adjunct – attachment
- Adjure – demand
- Admonish – warn
- Adroit – skilled
- Adulation – praise
- Adumbration – omen, warning
- Adventitious – accidental
- Afflable – friendly
- Affinity – relationship
- Affluent – plentiful
- Affront – insult, offense, intentional act of disrespect
- Agglomerate – to gather into mass
- Aggrandize – increase
- Aghast – horrified
- Agnostic – doubter
- Agog – Highly excited, intensely curious
- Agrarian – rural
- Alacrity – speed
- Alienate – feel isolated
- Allay – calm
- Alleviate – to relieve
- Allocate – to allot, to assign
- Aloof – not social, introvert, apart, reserved
- Allude – to refer
- Altercate – quarrel
- Altruism – unselfishness
- Amatory – loving
- Ambidextrous – versatile
- Ambivalence – confused ,the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
- Ambrosia – food for gods
- Ambulant – able to walk
- Ameliorate – to improve
- Amenable – submissive
- Amiable – agreeable, lovable, warmly friendly
- Amiss – wrong, faulty
- Amenity – pleasing manner
- Amnesty – pardon
- Amnesia – loss of memory
- Amorphous – formless, lacking shape
- Amulet – Charm
- Anachronism – out of time
- Analogous – corresponding
- Anathema – curse
- Anchorite – hermit
- Anecdote – short story about an amusing and interesting event
- Anguish – acute pain, extreme suffering destroy
- Animosity – active enmity
- Annihilate – to destroy, wipe out
- Annals – records
- Anneal – to toughen
- Anodyne – drug that relieves pain
- Anomaly – irregularity
- Anthropoid – resembling man
- Anthropology – science of man
- Antidote – remedy to counterpart a poison or disease
- Antithesis – opposite
- Antipathy – dislike
- Apathetic – indifferent
- Apex – peak
- Aphasia – loss of speech due to illness or injury
- Aphorism – proverb
- Aplomb – poise
- Apocalypse – revelation, end of world, destruction
- Apocryphal – of doubtful authority
- Apogee – highest point
- Apostasy – renouncing one’s belief
- Apothecary – chemist
- Apotheosis – deification
- Appall – horrify, shock, outrage, scandalize
- Apparition – ghost, phantom
- Appease – pacify ,soothe, relieve
- Appellation – name or title
- Append – to attach
- Apposite – appropriate
- Apprise – to give notice, to inform
- Opprobrious – shameful, bringing disgrace
- Arabesque – ornament
- Arable – ploughable
- Arbiter- judge
- Arboreal – living among trees
- Arcane – secret, mysterious
- Archetype – example
- Archive – record
- Arduous – laborious
- Armada – fleet of warships
- Arraign – bring before a court
- Arrogate – claim without right
- Artifice – deception, cunning
- Ascetic – self denial
- Askance – with a sideways or indirect look.
- Asperity – harshness
- Aspersion – slanderous remarks ( slanderous – critical and unpleasant)
- Assay – attempt
- Assiduous – devoted, diligent
- Assimilate – to absorb
- Assuage – to satisfy
- Astral – relating to stars
- Astute – shrewd, cunning
- Athwart – in opposition to
- Atrocity – brutal deed
- Atrophy – wasting away
- Attenuate – dilute
- Attrition – rubbing against
- Audacious – daring, bold
- Augment – increase, add to
- Augur – to foretell, prophecy
- Auspices – protection
- Austerity – severity
- Autonomy – self- government
- Avarice – greed
- Aver – declare, state formally as a fact
- Averse – reluctant
- Aversion – firm dislike
- Avocation – secondary or minor occupation
- Avuncular – like an uncle
- Awry – in the wrong direction
- Azure – sky blue
