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