Abate: Grow less in intensity or degree
Abridge: Reduce (a text) in length
Abstemious: Sparing in eating or drinking
Abstract: Not concrete
Abstruse: Difficult to understand
Accessible: Able to be reached
Acclaim: Announce with great approval
Accolade: Expression of approval
Acknowledge: Recognize, possibly reluctantly, the status or rights of
Acquiesce: Agree without protesting
Acrid: Sharply bitter in taste or odor
Acrimonious: Bitter in words or manner
Adherent: Someone who follows a leader or supports a cause
Adroit: Having skills or resourcefulness in coping with situations
Adulation: Excessive admiration
Adversary: One who resists or opposes
Adversity: Force negatively affecting one's well-being
Advocate: Speak in favor of
Aesthetic: Dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
Affable: Easy to talk to; warmly friendly
Affirmation: Positive statement
Alacrity: Cheerful readiness to respond
Alleviate: Make more bearable
Allusion: Indirect or hinted reference
Aloof: Emotionally or physically distant
Altruistic: Unselfishly concerned for the well-being of others
Ambiguous: Having several possible meanings, and therefore unclear
Ambivalence: State of having conflicting emotional attitudes
Amorphous: Lacking shape or definition
Anachronism: Something out of place chronologically, not in its proper historical period
Analogous: Showing a likeness or similarity
Anarchy: Political and social disorder; state of being without a governing body or leader
Anecdote: Short account of a supposedly interesting or amusing incident
Animosity: Active ill will
Anomaly: Something not easily classified or that deviates from the norm
Antagonism: Active resistance
Antipathy: Deep-seated dislike
Apathy: Lack of concern, especially about things that others find important
Appease: Cause to grow calm or subside
Apprehension: Fear of future evil
Appropriate: Take possession of for one's own use (possibly without the authority or right to do so)
Arbitrary: Determined by impulse of whim; capricious
Archaic: Characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time
Ardent: Characterized by intensity of feeling
Articulate: Expressing oneself clearly
Ascendancy: Position of dominance; controlling influence
Ascetic: Practicing self-denial
Assiduous: Characterized by careful, persistent attention (to a task)
Assuage: Lessen in intensity, or put an end to
Assumption: Something taken for granted; act of taking possession
Astute: Characterized by shrewdness and clear-sightedness
Atrophy: Waste away
Attribute: Explain by pointing out a cause
Augment: Make larger or more numerous
Austere: Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
Autonomous: Not controleld or governed by outside forces
Banal: Lacking originality
Bane: Source of harm or ruin
Belie: Give a false impression
Belittle: To cause someone or something to seem less
Benevolent: Disposed to do good
Benign: Gentle in disposition; not malignant
Bleak: Barren and lacking in warmth
Bolster: Support or prop up
Brevity: Shortness of expression
Buttress: Shore up using an external support
Cacophonous: Marked by harsh or discordant sound
Cajole: Persuade in the face of reluctance
Calculated: Deliberately planned (to achieve a goal, accomplish a purpose)
Candor: Open honesty
Capitulate: Give up resisting
Capricious: Impulsive and unpredictable
Abridge: Reduce (a text) in length
Abstemious: Sparing in eating or drinking
Abstract: Not concrete
Abstruse: Difficult to understand
Accessible: Able to be reached
Acclaim: Announce with great approval
Accolade: Expression of approval
Acknowledge: Recognize, possibly reluctantly, the status or rights of
Acquiesce: Agree without protesting
Acrid: Sharply bitter in taste or odor
Acrimonious: Bitter in words or manner
Adherent: Someone who follows a leader or supports a cause
Adroit: Having skills or resourcefulness in coping with situations
Adulation: Excessive admiration
Adversary: One who resists or opposes
Adversity: Force negatively affecting one's well-being
Advocate: Speak in favor of
Aesthetic: Dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
Affable: Easy to talk to; warmly friendly
Affirmation: Positive statement
Alacrity: Cheerful readiness to respond
Alleviate: Make more bearable
Allusion: Indirect or hinted reference
Aloof: Emotionally or physically distant
Altruistic: Unselfishly concerned for the well-being of others
Ambiguous: Having several possible meanings, and therefore unclear
Ambivalence: State of having conflicting emotional attitudes
Amorphous: Lacking shape or definition
Anachronism: Something out of place chronologically, not in its proper historical period
Analogous: Showing a likeness or similarity
Anarchy: Political and social disorder; state of being without a governing body or leader
Anecdote: Short account of a supposedly interesting or amusing incident
Animosity: Active ill will
Anomaly: Something not easily classified or that deviates from the norm
Antagonism: Active resistance
Antipathy: Deep-seated dislike
Apathy: Lack of concern, especially about things that others find important
Appease: Cause to grow calm or subside
Apprehension: Fear of future evil
Appropriate: Take possession of for one's own use (possibly without the authority or right to do so)
Arbitrary: Determined by impulse of whim; capricious
Archaic: Characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time
Ardent: Characterized by intensity of feeling
Articulate: Expressing oneself clearly
Ascendancy: Position of dominance; controlling influence
Ascetic: Practicing self-denial
Assiduous: Characterized by careful, persistent attention (to a task)
Assuage: Lessen in intensity, or put an end to
Assumption: Something taken for granted; act of taking possession
Astute: Characterized by shrewdness and clear-sightedness
Atrophy: Waste away
Attribute: Explain by pointing out a cause
Augment: Make larger or more numerous
Austere: Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
Autonomous: Not controleld or governed by outside forces
Banal: Lacking originality
Bane: Source of harm or ruin
Belie: Give a false impression
Belittle: To cause someone or something to seem less
Benevolent: Disposed to do good
Benign: Gentle in disposition; not malignant
Bleak: Barren and lacking in warmth
Bolster: Support or prop up
Brevity: Shortness of expression
Buttress: Shore up using an external support
Cacophonous: Marked by harsh or discordant sound
Cajole: Persuade in the face of reluctance
Calculated: Deliberately planned (to achieve a goal, accomplish a purpose)
Candor: Open honesty
Capitulate: Give up resisting
Capricious: Impulsive and unpredictable