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associatory

adjective · characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

Example: associative learning

assonate

verb · correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance

Example: The accented vowels assonated in this poem

assort

verb · arrange or order by classes or categories

Example: How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

assumed

adjective · adopted in order to deceive

Example: an assumed name

aster macrophyllus

noun · tufted perennial wood aster of North America; naturalized in Europe

astir

adjective · on the move

Example: up and about

astonished

adjective · filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

Example: an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation

astonishingly

adverb · in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise

Example: amazingly, he finished medical school in three years

astringe

verb · become constricted or compressed

Example: The cold substance astringes

asymmetrically

adverb · in an asymmetrical manner

Example: they were asymmetrically arranged

at a low price

adverb · for a relatively small amount of money

Example: we bought the house for a song

at a time

adverb · simultaneously

Example: he took three cookies at a time

at all

adverb · in the slightest degree or in any respect

Example: Are you at all interested? No, not at all

at any rate

adverb · used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

Example: Anyhow, he is dead now

at best

adverb · under the best of conditions

Example: at best we'll lose only the money

at last

adverb · as the end result of a succession or process

Example: ultimately he had to give in

at odds

adjective · in disagreement- John Morley

Example: the figures are at odds with our findings

at once

adverb · without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

Example: he answered immediately

at random

adverb · in a random manner

Example: the houses were randomly scattered

at the best

adverb · under the best of conditions

Example: at best we'll lose only the money

at the most

adverb · not more than

Example: spend at most $20 on the lunch

at the worst

adverb · under the worst of conditions

Example: at worst we'll go to jail

at times

adverb · now and then or here and there

Example: he was arrogant and occasionally callous

atheistic

adjective · rejecting any belief in gods

athlete

noun · a person trained to compete in sports

atomise

verb · break up into small particles

Example: the fine powder had been atomized by air

atone

verb · turn away from sin or do penitence

atrip

adjective · (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom

atrociously

adverb · in a terrible manner

Example: she sings terribly

atrophic

adjective · relating to or characterized by atrophy

Example: atrophic arthritis

attach to

verb · be part of

Example: This problem inheres in the design

attaint

verb · condemn by attainder

Example: the man was attainted

attar of roses

noun · a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation

attend

verb · give heed (to)

Example: The children in the audience attended the recital quietly

attentively

adverb · with attention; in an attentive manner

Example: he listened attentively

attested

adjective · established as genuine

attractively

adverb · in a beautiful manner

Example: her face was beautifully made up

atypically

adverb · in a manner that is not typical

Example: she was atypically quiet

auberge

noun · a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

audiovisual

adjective · involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids)

Example: the school's audiovisual department

aum shinrikyo

noun · a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity

Example: in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train

aurally

adverb · with regard to sound or the ear

Example: the new musical was visually and aurally appealing

auriculoventricular

adjective · relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart

Example: atrioventricular disease

austenitic

adjective · composed of austenite

Example: austenitic alloy steel

authentically

adverb · genuinely; with authority

Example: it is authentically British

authoritarian

adjective · characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

Example: an authoritarian regime

authorize

verb · grant authorization or clearance for

Example: Clear the manuscript for publication

autocratically

adverb · in an autocratic manner

Example: the Czars ruled Russia autocratically

automated

adjective · operated by automation

Example: an automated stoker

automatic

adjective · operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control

Example: automatic transmission

automatise

verb · make automatic or control or operate automatically

Example: automatize the production

automobile trunk

noun · compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools

Example: he put his golf bag in the trunk

auxiliary engine

noun · (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass)