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ACU'TE, _a._ sharp, not blunt; sharp, not dull; not stupid; vigorous; powerful in operation
ADAMA'NTINE, _a._ made of adamant; having the qualities of adamant, viz.
hardness, indissolubility
ADA'PT, _v.a._ admit, justify; yield; permit
ADIEU', _ad._ used elliptically for _a Dieu je vous commende_, at the parting of friends; farewell
A'DMIRABLE, _a._ to be admired; of power to excite wonder
ADMIRA'TION, _s._ wonder
ADMI'T, _v.a._ suffer to enter; allow
ADO'PT, _v.a._ take a son by choice; make him a son who is not so by birth; place any person or thing in a nearer relation than they have by nature or something else
ADRO'ITNESS, _s._ dexterity; readiness
ADU'LT, _s._ a person above the age of boyhood or girlhood
ADVA'NCE, _v.a._ improve; forward; propose
ADVA'NTAGE, _s._ superiority; opportunity
ADVE'NTURE, _s._ chance; hazard; an enterprise in which something must be left to hazard
ADVE'NTURER, _s._ he that puts himself into the hands of chance
ADVE'NTUROUS, _a._ bold; daring; courageous; inclined to adventures
ADVE'RSITY, _s._ affliction; calamity; misfortune; the public misery
ADVE'RTIs.e.m.e.nT, _s._ something advertised; the public notice of a thing
A'DVOCATE, _s._ he that pleads a cause
AE'OLIAN, _a._ an epithet applied to lyric poetry, because Sappho and Alcaeus were natives of Lesbos in Aeolia, and wrote in the Aeolic dialect
AE'RIAL, _a._ belonging to the air; lofty
AFFABI'LITY, _s._ civility; condescension; easiness of manners
AFFE'CT, _v.a._ act upon; produce effect in any other thing; move the pa.s.sions; aim at; aspire to
AFFECTA'TION, _s._ an elaborate appearance; false pretence
AFFE'CTION, _s._ state of being affected by any cause or agent; love; kindness; good-will to some person; pa.s.sionate regard
AFFE'CTIONATE, _a._ full of affection; fond; tender; warm; benevolent
AFFI'NITY, _s._ connection with
AGGRE'SSION, _s._ first act of injury
A'GONY, _s._ the pangs of death; any violent pain in body or mind
AGRE'EABLE, _a._ suitable to; pleasing
A'GRICULTURE, _s._ the science of making land productive
A'LABASTER, _s._ a kind of soft marble, easier to cut and less durable than the other kinds
ALA'RUM, _s._ notice of any approaching danger; any tumult or disturbance
A'LIEN, _s._ foreigner; stranger
A'LKALI, _s._ any substance which, when mingled with acid, produces effervescence and fermentation
ALLEGO'RY, _s._ a figurative discourse, in which something is contained other than is literally understood
ALLE'VIATE, _v.a._ make light; ease; soften
ALLO'W, _v.a._ permit; give leave
A'LPHABET, _s._ the order of the letters, or elements of speech
ALTERA'TION, _s._ the act of changing; the change made
A'Lt.i.tUDE, _s._ height of place; s.p.a.ce measured upward
AL'TOGETHER, _ad._ completely; without exception
AMA'LGAMATE, _v.a._ to unite metals with silver
AMA'ZEMENT, _s._ height of admiration; astonishment
AMBI'GUOUS, _a._ using doubtful expressions; doubtful; having two meanings
AMBI'TION, _s._ the desire of preferment or honour; the desire of anything great or excellent
AMBI'TIOUS, _a._ fond of power; desirous of power
AME'RICAN, _s._ native of America
A'METHYST, _s._ a precious stone of a violet colour
A'MIABLE, _a._ kind; gentle; good natured; loving; not selfish
