Anticlimax: change from what was expected
Example: [death of the hero in the movie was an anticlimax]
Anticyclone: An atmospheric condition of high central pressure with currents flowing outward.
Antidote: Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison disease or the like.
Antilogy: Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
Antipathize: To show or feel a feeling of antagonism aversion or dislike.
Antipathy: hatred repulsion
Example: [He is a private man with a deep antipathy towards the press]
Antiphon: A response or alteration of responses generally musical.
Antipodes: A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
Antiquary: antique seller, an expert on very old objects, collector
Example: [Here we happen upon a church which, though restored about thirty years ago, retains many points of interest to the antiquary]
Antiquate: To make old or out of date.
Antique: antiquity, collectable item, old, ancient, aged, old-fashioned
Example: [This beautiful specimen of antique furniture was obtained from Norwich]
Antiseptic: Anything that destroys the growth of micro-organisms
Example: [antiseptic is used on wounds]
Antislavery: Opposed to human slavery.
Antispasmodic: medication used to prevent convulsions or spasms
Example: [It is sometimes used as an antispasmodic in hysteria, epilepsy and chorea]
Antistrophe: The inversion of terms in successive classes as in “the home of joy and the joy of home”.
Antithesis: direct opposite
Example: [She is slim and shy – the very antithesis of her sister]
Antithetical: completely opposite to something, conflicting, contrary, opposing
Example: [an antithetical sense]
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Antitoxin: A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
Antonym: word which has the opposite meaning of another word
Example: [In strict usage, daily is the antonym of nightly as diurnal is of nocturnal]
Anvil: a large hard block on which metal is shaped with repeated hits of a hammer
Example: [The smith let his hammer fall with a clang on the anvil, and wiped his brow]
Anxious: Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
Apartheid: racial segregation
Example: [the long-awaited dismantling of apartheid in South Africa]
Apathetic: indifferent unconcerned
Example: [Appallingly low turnout for the June elections showed that voters are apathetic]
Apathy: lack of emotion indifference
Example: [the government’s apathy during the accident was shocking]
Ape: mimic
Example: [the new building merely apes the classical traditions]
Aperture: opening
Example: [aperture of the camera]
Apex: The highest point as of a mountain.
Aphasia: inability to speak or use words
Example: [suffer from aphasia]
Aphorism: old saying maxim
Apiary: A place where bees are kept
Example: [a bee keeper’s apiary]
Aplomb: confidence poise
Example: [with her usual aplomb]
Apocalyptic: doomed ominous
Example: [apocalyptic visions of a nuclear confrontation]
Apocryphal: not genuine, a doubtful authenticity, fictional
Example: [In these Apocryphal accounts, they appear as the molesters, assailants, and destroyers of men]
Apogee: The climax
Example: [when the moon is farthest away from the earth, it is at its apogee]
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Apology: A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
Apoplexy: stroke
Example: [In a fit of apoplexy]
Apostasy: rejection of a former belief, renunciation of faith, heresy, disloyalty
Example: [apostacy from the Christian faith]
Apostate: one who abandons one’s faith
Example: [because he switched parties, his former friends shunned him as an apostate]
Apostle: believer, advocate, proponent, supporter, representative
Example: [an apostle of politics/non-violence/orthodoxy]
Apothecary: One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions
Apothegm: a short saying
Apotheosis: glorification Deification
Example: [the apotheosis of a Roman emperor]
Appall: To fill with dismay or horror.
Appall (Appal): horrify
Example: [appalled by the lack of staff in the hospital]
Apparent: Easily understood.
Apparition: phantom
Appease: satisfy pacify
Example: [they changed the law in order to appease their critics]
Appellate: Capable of being appealed to.
Appellation: name title
Example: [a familiar appellation]
Append: attach affix
Example: [append a short footnote to the text]
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