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abandon vb forsake, forlese (pt. -lore, pp. -lorn) abandon n wantonness, recklessness abattoir n slaughterhouse abbreviate vb shorten, foreshorten abdomen n riff ability n skill, dought able to, is phrase can able to phrase could, was able to, had been phrase could have abolish vb fordo abridge vb foreshorten, cut absorb vb soak up, forsoak abstain (from) vb forgo academia n lorework, loredom academic adj moot, lorewise academic n lorester, loreman accelerate vb speed up, speed, quicken, swiften accessory vb deedmate, bykeeper accident n mishap accuse vb guilt accustomed to adj wont to according to adj by accountant n bookkeeper acid n sourwater, firewater , burnwater acquaint vb befriend acquire illegitimately vb misget act n deed, play actual adj true actually adv in truth add vb reckon up, put on, aput addiction n craving adhere vb cling, stick, cleave, believe adherent n believer ad infinitum adv and so on forever adjacent adj near, next adjective n honeword, ilkword adopt vb take on, foster, take up adoption n taking on, fostering, uptake adorn vb bedeck, dight adulation n flaundering, glavering adult n grown-up adultery n wedlockbreak advance vb move on, forward, aforth advent n coming adventageous adj furthersome adverb n likeword adversity n thwartsomeness, hardhap adversive n thwartsome advice n rede advise vb rede affectionate adj friendly, lovesome afflict vb ail affluence n wealth affluent adj wealthy, well off affirmative adv aye, aye-aye, ayesome afraid adj frightened, scared, afeared age n oldness, years, time, eldth age vb eld age(era) n timestretch, yorestretch agility n nimbleness agglomerate vb clodden agree vb settle on, hold with agriculture n fieldlore, croplore aid vb & n help air n wind, sky, loft aisle n gangway albumen n eggwhite alien adj unearthly, outlandish, wayward born alienate vb unkithen allegory n forlikening alleviate vb lighten allocate vb earmark allow vb let allowable adj letsome almanac n yearbook alphabet n futhork, staffhoard alphabet, runic n futhorc, futhark altercation n brangling amass vb gather, build up amateur adj lay amazed adj aghast amazing adj geason, awesome, cool amber n burnstone ambidextrous vb twihanded ameliorate vb (make) better amount n deal anal adj arse, bottom anal-retentive adj arse-inholdsome ancestor n forebear, forefather, forerunner ancient adj olden Anglosphere, the n English (speaking) world, the animal n wight anniversary n yeartide annoy vb irk annual adj yearly annul vb fordo anticipate vb foresee, foretaste, forecome antirrhinum n snapdragon anus n arsehole apparent adj seeming appear vb seem, kythe appearance n kything, cast appropriate adj fitting approximate adj rough, near approximately adv about, roughly, nearly april n eastermonth aquaculture n fish-farming aqualung n waterlung aquarium n fishtank, fishhouse aquatic adj water arable adj plowable arboreal adj treewise arboretum n treeyard arc n bow archaeopterix n oldenwing, elderwing archaeology n oldenlore, erelore archer n bowman archery n bowmanship area n ground argue vb speak against, squabble, wrangle, bicker, fight array vb lay out, set out arrogant prep & adj & adv highhanded around prep & adj & adv about arouse vb stir, awake arrive at vb reach, get to, come to arsenal n weaponhoard arson n firestarting arsonist n firestarter art n craft artificial adj manmade artisan n craftsman artistry n craftsmanship ascend vb climb asexual adj unswivesome asexual reproduction n swiveless matchyielding, swiveless matchbearing asparagus n sparrowgrass assemble vb gather, put together, forgather assist vb help, help out assistant n helper asterisk n star astonish vb dumbfound, make speechless astonished adj speechless astronaut n starfarer astronomy n starlore astute adj shrewd, cunning asylum n haven atheist n without belief atom n uncleft attack n onslaught attack vb set upon attempt vb try attendant n steward attic n loft attractive adj comely, good-looking audible adj hearable, hearbear augment vb eke out august n weedmonth author n writer, maker, bookwright authority n swinge auto- prefix self- autodidact adj self-taught autonym n selfname autumn n (leaf)fall, harvest auxillary adj backup, fallback average adj middling avert vb forfend aviary n birdhouse aviator n skyman, flyer, airman axis n axle