something attached to but holding an inferior position
adroit
adjutant
adjunct
adorn
accidental; casual
adherent
adventitious
adjuration
adulation
warn; reprove
decorate
skillful
solemn urging
advent
refer to
arrival
urge; plead for
courteous
adversary
opponent; enemy
hostile
shield; defense
urge; plead for → advocate
poverty, misfortune
adversity
adverse
advert
affinity
kinship
insult; offend
collection; heap
openmouthed
affront
abundance; wealth
aggrandize
increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank or honour
items of business at a meeting
attach or add on; fasten
joining; associating with
affirmation
increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank or honor
positive assertion; confirmation
medieval chemistry
aghast
alchemy
alcove
alacrity
agog
nimbleness
stir up; disturb
highly excited; intensely curious
cheerful promptness
agnostic
one who is skeptical of the existence of knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
a hidden store of things, or the place where they are kept
a group of things or people acting or taken together as a whole
a group of questions and answers, especially about a set of Christian beliefs
a small space in a room
the part of a wall in a room that is built around a chimney
total
relieve → allay
story in which characters are used as symbols; fable → allegory
an assumed name → alias
story in which characters are used as symbols; fable → allege
alienate
make hostile; separate
calm; pacify
state without proof
an assumed name
altercation
upward
noisy quarrel
entice; attract
apart; reserved
aloft
collect
allusion
indirect reference
ameliorate
able to walk
improve
food of the gods
female warrior
amenable
readily managed; willing to be led
environment; atmosphere
ambrosia
ambidextrous
moving at an easy pace
capable of using either hand with equal ease
willing to be led
amnesty
non-moral
friendship
pardon
friendly
amity
amiable
faulty
agreeable
anachronism
the order in which a series of events happened
relating to or thinking about the past
causing insensitivity to pain
something or someone misplaced in time
amorphous
abundant
shapeless; vague; indeterminate
(of shapes) to fit together in a pattern with no spaces in between
covered with areas of different colours
ancillary
secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place
short account of an amusing or interesting event
similarity; parallelism
serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
anarchy
absence of governing body; state of disorder
person who rebels against the established order
not controlled by laws
very fast and not organized
analogy
serving as an aid or accessory
comparable
curse
anathematize
an offensive word
similarity
short account of an amusing or interesting event → ancillary
