ADA'PT, _v.a._ admit, justify; yield; permit ADIEU', _ad._ used elliptically for _à 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'RTISEMENT, _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 passions; 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; passionate 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'LTITUDE, _s._ height of place; space 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