Adulation - Amend
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| Adulation | flattery; high praise
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| Adulterate | to corrupt or make impure
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| Advent | arrival
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| Adventitious | accidental; casual
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| Adversary | an opponent; an enemy
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| Adverse | unfavorable; hostile
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| Adversity | poverty; misfortune
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| Advert | to refer: to remark or comment
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| Advocacy | act of supporting, pleading, or recommending
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| Advocate | to urge; to speak in favor of
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| Aegis | shield; defense
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| Aerie | nook or bird nest built high in the air
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| Aesthetic | artistic; pertaining to beauty or art
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| Affable | approachable; friendly
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| Affected | artificial; pretentious
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| Affidavit | written statement made under oath
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| Affiliation | act of joining; state of being associated
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| Affinity | fondness; liking; similarity (kinship)
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| Affirmation | positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
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| Affix | to attach or add on; to fasten
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| Affliction | state of distress; cause of suffering
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| Affluence | abundance; wealth
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| Affront | to insult; to cause offense to
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| Agape | open-mouthed
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| Agenda | items of business at a meeting
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| Agglomeration | process of collecting; a heap or cluster
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| Aggrandize | to make larger or greater in power
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| Aggregate | to gather; to accumulate
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| Aggressor | an attacker
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| Aghast | horrified
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| Agility | moving quickly and easily: nimbleness; ability to think and draw conclusions quickly: intellectual acuity
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| Agitate | to shake; to disturb
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| Agnostic | one who is skeptical of the existence of a god
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| Agog | eager; keen; full of excitement or interest
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| Agrarian | pertaining to land or its cultivation
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| Alacrity | cheerful promptness; eagerness
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| Alchemy | medieval chemistry
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| Alcove | nook; recess
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| Alias | an assumed name; moniker
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| Alienate | to separate; to make hostile
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| Alimentary | providing nourishment
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| Alimony | payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce
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| Allay | to calm; to ease; to pacify
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| Allege | to state without proof
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| Allegiance | loyalty
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| Allegory | story in which characters are used as symbols; fable; symbolic representation
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| Alleviate | to relieve
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| Alliteration | repetition of the beginning sounds of words
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| Allocate | to assign
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| Alloy | (N) a mixture of metals
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| Alloy | (V) to mix; to make less pure; to lessen or to moderate
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| Allude | to refer indirectly
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| Allure | to entice by charm; to attract
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| Allusion | an indirect reference
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| Alluvial | pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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| Aloof | distant; apart; reserved
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| Aloft | (adv) upward; (prep) on top of: above <The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging.>
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| Altercation | a heated dispute
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| Altruistic | generous; concerned for others
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| Amalgamate | to combine; to unite in one body
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| Amass | to collect
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| Amazon | female warrior
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| Ambidextrous | capable of using both hands equally well
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| Ambience or Ambiance | environment; atmosphere
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| Ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning
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| Ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotions; uncertainty
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| Amble | to walk about in a leisurely manner: saunter
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| Ambrosia | food of the gods
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| Ambulatory | able to walk about (not bedridden); itinerant: traveling from place to place <an itinerant soldier>
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| Ameliorate | to improve <Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.>
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| Amenable | agreeable, cooperative
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| Amend | to correct; to change, generally for the better
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