annals
active enmity
lively
destroy
records; history
animus
critical remark
hostile feeling or intent
anneal
reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
acute pain; extreme suffering
sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
animadversion
Despite his lawyers' best efforts to stop him, the angry prisoner continued to make ________________ remarks to the judge.
annotate
anonymity
anoint
antagonistic
The prophet Samuel _____________ David with oil, crowning him king of Israel.
annul
anodyne
annuity
His pain was so great that no ___________ could relieve it.
anomaly
He was placed in the ___________________ position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised.
anomalous
The __________________ customs had apparently not changed for thousands of years.
anticlimax
antediluvian
antiquated
anthropoid
His extreme _______________ to dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends.
antipathy
antithesis
antiseptic
She is slim and shy - the very _____________ of her sister.
Oscar Wilde was famous for such __________________ as "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes".
aphorisms
apiary
aplomb
aphasia
He was crippled by an attack of _________________.
apogee
apothecary
apothegm
apoplexy
Because he switched from one party to another, his former friends shunned him as an __________________.
appal
apostate
He was always able to find the apposite phrase, the correct expression for every occasion.
apposite
appraise
apprise
appreciate
When he was ______________ of the dangerous weather conditions, he decided to postpone his trip.
appease
of or like an eagle → aquiline
a natural ability or skill: → aptitude
a possession or piece of property that is considered to be a typical feature of a particular way of living: → appurtenances
acquire; take possession of for one's own use → appropriate
a typical example of something → ardour
hard; strenuous → archaic
place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited → arboretum
aria
a class of people who hold high social rank
charge in court; indict
a piece of music in an opera sung by one person
marshal; draw up in order
arraign
being in debt
fragrant
clothe; adorn
