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Belabor
To assail verbally; To insist repeatedly or harp on
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Amphitheatre
Oval-shaped theatre
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Anoint
Consecrate, to apply oil, especially as a sacred rite
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Antediluvian
Ancient, obsolete, pre-historic
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Antithesis
direct opposite
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Apathetic
Unconcerned, indifferent
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Aphasia
Inability to speak or use words
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Apocryphal
a doubtful authenticity, not genuine, fictional
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Apostate
one who abandoned their faith
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Apotheosis
Defication, glorification
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Approbation
Praise, official approval
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Archaic
antiquated, from an earlier time
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Archipelago
group of islands
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ardor
great emotion or passion
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arraign
to indict, to call to court to answer a charge
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arrogate
seize without right, to demand or claim arrogantly
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ascendancy
powerful state
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ashen
resembling ashes, or deathly pale
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askance
to view with suspicion, scornfully
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assent
to express agreement
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assuage
lessen pain, to make less severe, ease
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astringent
causing contraction, severe, harsh
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asunder
apart, into different parts
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asunder
apart, into different parts
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atone
make amends for a wrong
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august
noble, dignified, awe-inspiring, venerable
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awry
crooked, askew, amis
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axiom
self-evident truth, premise
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bacchanal
orgy, drunkenly festive
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baleful
hostile, malignant
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balk
hesitate, refuse, shirk, prevent
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banal
trite, overly common
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bane
poison, nuisance, something causing ruin
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beguile
deceive, seduce, mislead
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behemoth
monster, huge creature
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beleaguer
besiege, to harass, plague
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bestial
beast-like, brutal
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bestow
to give as a gift, grant
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bicker
quarrel, to have a petty argument
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bilk
swindle, cheat, defraud
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blandish
to coax with flattering, grovel
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blight
decay, afflict, destroy
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broach
bring up a topic of conversation
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brusque
curt, rough and abrupt in manner
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burgeon
sprout or flourish
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cabal
plot, a secret group seeking to overturn something
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cadaver
corpse, dead body
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cajole
encourage, coax, flatter
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calumny
slander, false accusations
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candor
frankness, honesty
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canvass
survey, examine thoroughly
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capricious
fickle, impulsive, whimsical
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careen
swerve, to lean on one side
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castigate
criticize, punish
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cataclysm
catastrophe, disaster
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cathartic
purgative, purifying, cleansing
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catholic
universal, worldly
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caucus
a small group within an organization
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cavil
quibble, raise trivial (small) objections
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cede
transfer ownership, surrender possession of something
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censorious
condemning speech, severely critical
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chagrin
shame, embarrassment, humiliation
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chary
cautious, watchful, extremely shy
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chicanery
trickery, fraud, deception
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chide
scold, express disapproval
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chimerical
imaginary, impossible
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circumlocution
roundabout expression
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choleric
easily angered, short-tempered
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circumvent
evade, avoid, to go around
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citadel
fortness or stronghold
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cleave
to split or separate, to stick, adhere
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clemency
forgiveness, merciful leniency
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cloister
refuge, to confine, seclude
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coddle
to pamper, baby, treat indulgently
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cogent
well-put, logically forceful
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cognate
from the same source, related
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cognomen
family name, any name, nickname
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