a gogo

In abundance.

abaft

Toward the rear or stern.

abligurition

Extravagance, especially in matters of food and drink.

abstruse

Hard to understand; obscure.

abulia

An inability to make decisions.

Acacia Avenue

The middle class.

accede

verb intr.

acedious

Characterized by apathy, boredom, or sloth.

Achilles’ heel or Achilles heel

A seemingly small but critical weakness in an otherwise strong position.

achillize

To harass or chase.

acquihire

The purchase of a company for its talent rather than its products or services.

ad litem

Appointed by a court to represent someone, such as a child, who is considered incapable of represent...

adage

A general truth conveyed succinctly and often metaphorically.

aderation or adaeration

The act of giving a monetary value to something.

Adonic

Strikingly handsome.

Adonis

An exceptionally handsome young man.

adulterate

To add a cheaper or inferior substance to something.

aeneous

Bronze- or brass-colored.

aforethought

Planned or premeditated; not by accident.

agathism

The doctrine that, in the end, all things tend toward good.

agathokakological

Made up of both good and evil.

aggiornamento

A process of modernization or bringing up to date.

agrostology

The study of grasses.

ailurophile

One who loves cats.

airling

A carefree, thoughtless person.

aischrolatreia

Excessive devotion to filth or obscenity.

akrasia

The lack of will or self-control resulting in one acting against one’s better judgment.

al desko

At one’s desk.

ala

A wing or a winglike part, such as a bone, a petal of a flower, a small

alastor

An avenger.

Aldermaston

Relating to a protest, disapproval, dissent, etc.

alfresco

Outdoors; in the open air.

alible

Nutritious; nourishing.

Alician

Surreal, whimsical, or illogical.

allicient

Having the power to attract; appealing.

allopatric

Existing or occurring in geographically distinct areas.

alterity

Otherness: the state or quality of being other or different.

altiloquent

Pompous or pretentious.

altricial

Born in an undeveloped and helpless condition and requiring parental care and feeding for some time.

ambivert

One having the characteristics of both an extrovert and an introvert.