English Wordbook/A

Staff A of the English Wordbook.

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abandon vb forsake abandon n wantonness, recklessness abbreviate vb shorten, foreshorten ability n skill able adj can abridge vb foreshorten absorb vb forsoak, soak up accelerate vb quicken, swiften, speed accessory vb deedmate, bykeeper accident n mishap accuse vb guilt accustomed (to) adj wont(to) act n deed, play actual adj true actually adv in truth addiction n craving adhere vb cling, stick, believe adherent n believer ad infinitum adv forever adjacent adj near, next adjective n honeword, ilkword adulation n Flaundering, glavering advance vb forward adverb n likeword aid vb & n help animal n wight annoy vb irk annual adj yearly adopt vb take on, foster, take up adoption n taking on, fostering, uptake adulation n flaundering, glavering advent n coming adversive n thwartsome affluence n wealth affluent adj wealthy afraid adj frightened, scared, afeared age n oldness, years, time, eldth age vb eld age(era) n timestretch, yorestretch agree vb settle air n wind, sky alien adj unearthly, outlandish, wayward born alienate vb unkithen allegory n forlikening alleviate vb lighten allow vb let almanac n yearbook altercation n brangling amass vb gather, build up amber n burnstone amount n deal ancestor n forebear, forefather, forerunner ancient adj olden anniversary n yeartide anticipate vb foresee apparent adj seeming appear vb seem approximate adj near approximately adv about, nearly arboreal adj treewise arboretum n treeyard arc n bow archer n bowman archery n bowmanship area n ground argue vb fight around prep & adj & adv about arouse vb stir, awake arrive vb come to art n craft artisan n craftsman artistry n craftsmanship assemble vb gather assist vb help assistant n helper asterisk n star asylum n haven attack n onslaught attack vb set upon attic n loft attractive n comely attractive adj good-looking author n writer, maker auto- prefix self- autodidact adj selftaught autonym n selfname autumn n fall axis n axle