Question | Answer |
acerbic | a bad mood |
acidophilic | something that stains with acid easily |
acidimeter | a tool for measuring the sourness of something |
acrid | a bitter taste or smell |
acidiferous | containing a sour substance |
agitate | to make move, stir up |
agility | the quality of moving quickly and easily |
navigate | to steer a ship or aircraft |
agenda | a list of things to be done |
ambiguous | unclear because of being able to be understood in more than one way |
alias | another name |
alibi | proof of being somewhere else when an incident occured |
alien | someone or thing that is from another place or time |
allonymous | something published under anothers name |
alteration | the process of making something different |
amateur | someone who does something for love instead of money |
amiable | having a friendly disposition |
amicable | having friendliness |
amorous | having lots of love |
enamored | in love |
unanimous | being of one mind |
animation | the process of making something alive or seem alive |
magnanimous | great spirit |
animosity | the quality of anger tending towards hostility |
equanamity | the quality of an even mind or temper |
anniversary | a special yearly event |
annual | something that occurs yearly |
biennial | something that occurs every two years |
centennial | a one hundred year period |
sesquicentennial | a 150 year period |
audible | capable of being heard |
audition | the process of giving a hearing |
auditorium | where people go to listen |
auscultate | to listen to the sounds in the body |
antebellum | before the civil war |
postbellum | after the civil war |
belligerent | showing a readiness for war |
bellicose | showing a readiness to fight |
rebellion | defiance of authority |
bonbon | a small piece of candy |
bona fide | genuine |
debonair | of good nature |
bon ami | a good friend |
bon vivant | one who lives the good life |
caloricity | the state where some animals are able to maintain constant body temperatures |
calorimeter | a tool for measuring heat |
caloriduct | a passage for conveying heat |
calorific | relating to producing heat |
caloric | relating to heat |