50 words beggining with A

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  1. aardvark
    an African mammal with a long snout for eating insects
  2. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  3. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  4. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  5. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  6. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  7. adverb
    a word that modifies something other than a noun
  8. advice
    a proposal for an appropriate course of action
  9. advise
    give advice to
  10. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  11. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  12. aesthetics
    the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste
  13. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  14. affect
    have an influence upon
  15. affect
    have an influence upon
  16. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  17. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  18. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  19. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  20. ajar
    slightly open
  21. akimbo
    with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
  22. akin
    related by blood
  23. allegory
    a short moral story
  24. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  25. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  26. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  27. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  28. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  29. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  30. antonym
    a word that expresses an opposite meaning
  31. aorta
    the large artery carrying blood from the heart to the body
  32. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  33. apex
    the highest point of something
  34. appreciate
    be fully aware of; realize fully
  35. aquatic
    operating or living or growing in water
  36. aqueous
    similar to or containing or dissolved in water
  37. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  38. aroma
    any property detected by the sense of smell
  39. aromatic
    having a strong pleasant odor
  40. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
  41. articulate
    express or state clearly
  42. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  43. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  44. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  45. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  46. avatar
    the manifestation of a Hindu deity in human or animal form
  47. aversion
    a feeling of intense dislike
  48. awe
    an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
  49. awesome
    inspiring admiration or wonder
  50. azure
    bright blue in color, like a clear sky
Created on Sun Jun 23 07:07:52 EDT 2013

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