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abandon vb forsake 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, was phrase could able to, had been phrase could have abridge vb foreshorten, cut absorb vb soak up, forsoak abstain (from) vb forgo academic adj moot, lorewise 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 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 adverb n likeword adversity n thwartsomeness, hardhap adversive n thwartsome advice n rede advise vb rede affectionate adj lovesome afflict vb ail affluence n wealth affluent adj wealthy 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 agriculture n fieldlore aid vb & n help air n wind, sky 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 altercation n brangling amass vb gather, build up amazed adj aghast amber n burnstone ambidextrous vb twihanded amount n deal ancestor n forebear, forefather, forerunner ancient adj olden animal n wight anniversary n yeartide annoy vb irk annual adj yearly anticipate vb foresee antirrhinum n snapdragon apparent adj seeming appear vb seem, kythe appearance n kything, cast approximate adj rough, near approximately adv about, roughly, nearly aquaculture n fish-farming aqualung n waterlung aquarium n fishtank, fishhouse arable adj plowable arboreal adj treewise arboretum n treeyard arc n bow 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 asparagus n sparrowgrass assemble vb gather, put together assist vb help, help out assistant n helper asterisk n star astonish vb dumbfound, make speechless astonished adj speechless astronaut n starfarer astute adj shrewd, cunning asylum n haven atom n uncleft attack n onslaught attack vb set upon attendant n steward attic n loft attractive adj comely, good-looking augment vb eke out author n writer, maker, bookwright auto- prefix self- autodidact adj selftaught autonym n selfname autumn n (leaf)fall auxillary adj backup average adj middling aviary n birdhouse aviator n airman axis n axle