Words beginning with A

Repugnance or antipathy

Behave in a way that belittles or degrades someone

Make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed

To reduce in amount

Deviating from the ordinary

Give aid or approval

Temporary inactivity or suspension

Detestable

To tolerate

Utterly hopeless and distressing

To renounce or repudiate

Cleaning agent

Act of washing yourself

To renounce or reject something

Detestable, loathsome

Something which is greatly disliked

To scrape or wear away by friction or erosion

Shorten without losing the sense

To abolish summarily

To cut off

Moderate with food and drink diet

Holding off or refraining

Difficult to understand

Improper use of words

Very bad, appalling

To give consent

To emphasise

The act of coming into the possession of a right or office

A shout or other demonstration of welcome

Recognition of merit

Additional items of dress or equipment

Process of borrowing between cultures

Containing an accusation

Having no centre

Without a leader

For a still stronger reason, even more certain, all the more

From effect to cause on relating to or derived by reasoning from observed facts

From cause to effect and in philosophy validly independent of observation

From the beginning

A self- taught person

Betokening success and favour

Short narrative of a particular incident

Thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that which it exists

To make greater in power, wealth etc

An ardent devotee or someone very knowledgeable about something

Striving for the appearance of a quality not really or fully possessed

Someone who is appreciative of & sensitive to art & beauty

Concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty

Indefinitely long period of time

Protection, sponsorship

Happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than design or inherent nature

Word used to modify or limit a verb

Reduce quality by adding inferior materials

Expert in the use of the hand or mind

Counsel against something

The act of admonishing

To bring forward in an argument

Sharpness or keenness of thought, vision or hearing

To make sharp or keen

Make a reality of

Make someone act in a positive way, motivate

Series of acts which constitute a crime

Assistant or follower

The point at which something is at its best or most highly developed

Not critical

Word formed from the initial letters of a series of words

Fear of heights

To the end

For this special purpose

Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning

System of flexible and informal organisation and management

Attacking the person

Of the same mind

To infinity without limit

Freely, in an impromptu manner

To the letter exactly

To a sickening extent

Relevant to the matter or thing

In proportion to the value

To the word exactly

Proverb expressing a general truth

A thing to be added

Highly skilled or proficient at something

Something added to another thing but not necessarily part of it

To request or urge someone solemnly or earnestly to do something

An assistant

Forming an addition or supplement; not integral

Friendly, good natured or easy to talk to

A duel

A love affair

Have an effect on; make a difference to

A natural liking for & understanding of someone or something

A divine creative impulse or inspiration

Cause mental or physical pain to; affect adversely

A flow of something

Person who tries to incite illegal action

To initiate a conflict

Speculative dealing in securities

Combative, striving to overcome in argument

Random

A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Selfless concern for the welfare of others

A person employed to type or write whilst another dictates

Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell

Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

Lacking definite form or shape

Object superstitiously worn to ward off evil

Rearranging of the letters of a word or sentence to form a new word or sentence

A political or social system that have been displaced with another

Not likely to cause disagreement or offence and somewhat dull

Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in a particular group

Ridiculously old fashioned

Pollution caused by humans

The quality of being ancient or the time before the Middle Ages

Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern

Observation embodying a general truth

A story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

The highest point in the development of something, a climax or culmination

A person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial

Abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle

Official in a large political organisation

Official in a large political organisation

Apt in the circumstances or in relation to something

Approval, commendation or praise

• Preposition: with reference to; concerning
• Adjective: Very appropriate to a particular situation

An idealised pastoral or rustic experience

Mysterious, secret, obscure and understood by a few

A model or first form OR a very typical example of a person or thing

Any large body of water with many islands

The peculiar language or jargon of any class or group

An ambitious person, social climber or careerist

With an attitude or look of suspicion, mistrust or disapproval

Showing great care and perserverence

Illicit love meeting

To make milder or less severe

To weaken or reduce in force of value

Bold or daring

Portend a good or bad outcome

Favouring influence, patronage

Conducive to success, favourable

A person who acts in a mechanical and unemotional way

A strong dislike or disinclination

Kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person

Statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted or self-evidently true