acute - answer1. (adj.) sharp
2. (adj.) having keen insight
adamant - answer(adj.) unyielding
adept - answer(adj.) skilled
adhere - answerto follow devoutly
admonish - answer1. (v.) to caution
2. (v.) criticize
adorn - answer(v.) to decorate
adroit - answer(adj.) skillful
adulation - answer(n.) extreme praise
adumbrate - answer(v.) to sketch out in a vague way
adverse - answer(adj.) unfavorable, dangerous
,advocate - answer1. (v.) to argue in favor of something
aerial - answer(adj.) related to the air
aesthetic - answer(adj.) artistic
affable - answer(adj.) friendly
affinity - answer(n.)a spontaneous feeling of closeness
affluent - answer(adj.) rich
affront - answer(n.) an insult
aggrandize - answer(v.) to increase
aggregate - answer1. (n.) a whole
2. (v.) to gather into a mass
aggrieved - answer(adj.) distressed
agile - answer(adj.) quick, nimble
agnostic - answer(adj.) questioning God's existence
agriculture - answer(n.) farming
aisle - answer(n.) a passageway between rows of seats
alacrity - answer(n.) eagerness, speed
alias - answer(n.) a false name or identity
allay - answer(v.) to soothe
allege - answer(v.) to assert, usually without proof
alleviate - answer(v.) to relieve
allocate - answer1. (v.) to distribute
2. (v) to set aside
aloof - answer(adj.) distant
altercation - answer(n.) a dispute
, amalgamate - answer(v.) to bring together
ambiguous - answer(adj.) uncertain
ambivalent - answer(adj.) having opposing feelings
ameliorate - answer(v.) to improve
amenable - answer(adj.) willing
amenity - answer(n.) something that increases comfort
amiable - answer(adj.) friendly
amicable - answer(adj.) friendly
amorous - answer(adj.) showing love
amorphous - answer(adj.) without definite shape or type
anachronistic - answer(adj.) not in chronological order
analgesic - answer(n.) something that reduces pain
analogous - answer(adj.) similar to
anarchist - answer(n.) one who wants to eliminate all government
anathema - answer(n.) a cursed, detested person
anecdote - answer(n.) a short, humorous account
anesthesia - answer(n.) loss of sensation
anguish - answer(n.) torment
animated - answer(adj.) lively
annex - answer1. (v.) to incorporate territory or space
2. (n.) a room attached to a larger room or space
annul - answer(v.) to make void
anomaly - answer(n.) something that does not fit into the normal order
anonymous - answer(adj.) being unknown
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