Abscond
To leave secretly
Abate
reduce in severity
Abstain
To choose not to do something
Abyss
Deep hole
Adulterate
To make impure
Advocate
to speak in favor
Aesthetic
appreciation of beauty
Aggrandize
To increase in powerm influence and reputation
Alleviate
To make more bearable
Amalgamate
To combine
Ambiguous
Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways
Ameliorate
To make better
Anachronism
Something out of place in time
Analogous
Similar
Anomaly
Deviation from what is normal
Antagonize
To annoy or provoke
Antipathy
Extreme disklike
Apathy
lack of interest or emotion
Arbitrate
to judege a dispute between opposing parties
Archaic
Ancient, old fashioned
Ardor
Intense and passionate feeling
Articulate
Able to soeek clearly and expressively
Assuage
To make something unpleasant less severe
Attenuate
To reduce in force or degree, to weaken
Audacious
Fearless and daring
Austere
Severe or stern in appearance
Banal
boring, cliched, predicatable
Bolster
to support, to prop up
Bombastic
pompous in speech and manner