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abandon vb forsake, forlese (pt. -lore, pp. -lorn) abandon n wantonness, recklessness abase vb lower, shame, bemean abash vb shame abate vb lessen abattoir n slaughterhouse abbreviate vb shorten, foreshorten abbreviation n shortening abdicate vb forswear abdomen n riff, belly abduct vb kidnap, steal away aberration n freak, wandering abet vb help, goad, spur, hearten abhor vb hate, loathe, mislike ability n skill, dought abject adj mean, wretched abjure vb forswear ablactate vb wean able to, is phrase can able to phrase could, was able to, had been phrase could have ablution n washing, bathing, cleansing abnegate vb forgo, forswear abnormal adj odd abolish vb fordo abridge vb foreshorten, cut absinth(e)1 n wormwood absinth(e)2 n wormwoodwine absorb vb soak up, forsoak abstain (from) vb forgo abundant adj teeming, swarmed, overflowing, full of, fulsome, rife, 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 accurate adj aright accuse vb guilt accustomed to adj wont to according to adj by account n ledger, writ accountant n bookkeeper acid n sourwater, firewater , burnwater acquaint vb befriend acquiesce vb cool acquire illegitimately vb misget act n deed, play actual adj true actually adv in truth add vb reckon up, put on, aput, tack on addiction n craving adept adj skillful adhere vb cling, stick, cleave, believe adherent n believer ad infinitum adv and so on forever adiposis n overweight adjacent adj near, next adjective n honeword, ilkword adjust vb set 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 cuckolding, wedlockbreak advance vb move on, forward, aforth advantage n behoof advent n coming adventageous adj furthersome adverb n likeword adversity n thwartsomeness, hardhap adversive n thwartsome advice n rede, warning, input advise vb rede, warn, steer, help, hint affectionate adj friendly, lovesome afflict vb ail, smite 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 alarm clock n wirerooster 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 alude vb anenten, hint at almanac n yearbook alphabet n futhork, staffhoard alphabet, runic n futhorc, futhark altercation n brangling altitude n height altruism n selflessness altruistic adj selfless 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 amicable adj friendly amount n deal anal adj arse, bottom anal-retentive adj arse-inholdsome anatomy n bodylore 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 antagonist n gainstander anticipate vb foresee, foretaste, forecome anticlockwise adj & adv withershins, widdershins antirrhinum n snapdragon anus n arsehole apart adv asunder apparent adj seeming apparently adv seemingly appear vb seem, kythe appearance n kything, cast appetite n craving 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 lithographica n stoneprinted oldenwing archaeology n oldenlore, erelore archer n bowman archery n bowmanship area n ground argue vb speak against, squabble, wrangle, bicker, fight aristocrat n blue-blood, rikeborn aristocratic adj blue-blooded, rikeborn 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 arrest vb cop 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 association n gild, club 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 atmosphere n welkin atom n uncleft attack n onslaught attack vb set upon attempt n shot, undertaking, bash attempt vb try, give a shot, forseek, undertake, have a bash, have a go attendant n steward attention (pay) vb heed attic n loft attract vb indraw attractive adj comely, good-looking audible adj hearable, hearbear audience n hearing 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