Chapter 6

attestation,n.corroboration,witness,authentication,ratification,confirmation.at the same time.simultaneous.--adv.simultaneously.attic,n.garret, loft, cockloft.attitude,n.posture,position,pose.attract,v.allure,entice,draw,decoy,interest,engage, induce.Antonyms:repel,repulse,alienate,deter.attraction,n.allurement,fascination,charm,inducement,witchery, magnetism,enticement,lure.Antonyms: repulsion,repellence,repugnance,antipathy.attraction,n.chemism, affinity (chemical attraction).attractive,a.alluring, engaging,enticing, magnetic, prepossessing, personable,winning, mesmeric,taking,seductive,bewitching.Antonyms: unattractive,repellent,repulsive,forbidding,repugnant.attributable,a.ascribable, imputable, referrible, assignable, traceable.attribute,v.ascribe, impute,assign,refer,trace.attribute,n.characteristic,peculiarity, predicate; symbol.at variance.bickering, contending, at loggerheads, dissenting.auction,n.vendue.audacious,a.presumptuous,impudent,insolent, brazen, unabashed. Seebold.augur,v.portend,forebode,presage,indicate,betoken.augury,n.divination,prophecy;omen, portent, auspice,sign.august,a.majestic,sublime,imposing, impressive,grand,pompous.auspices,n. pl.protection,favor, guidance, patronage,charge.auspicious,a.propitious.Antonym: inauspicious.Austrian Parliament.Reichsrath.authentic,a.genuine, trustworthy, authoritative, credible.authenticate,v.verify,attest,confirm.authentication,n.verification,attestation,confirmation.author,n.creator, originator,father;littérateur,writer.authority,n.dominion, jurisdiction, authorization,right; prestige,influence, ascendency, supremacy; precedent;justification,warrant;permission,sanction,permit,license,warranty; credibility,reliability, trustworthiness.Associated word: purview.authorize,v.empower, commission;sanction,warrant,justify,confirm.authorless,a.anonymous.autocracy,n.absolutism,despotism, dictatorship; selfgovernment, autonomy.autocratic,a.absolute,despotic,arbitrary.automatic,a.self-propelling, self-moving;involuntary,mechanical.autopsy,n.necropsy, post-mortemexamination.auxiliary,n.assistant, coadjutor,helper.avarice,n.cupidity.avaricious,a.covetous,greedy.average,a.medium,ordinary,mediocre,middling.averse,a.disinclined,indisposed,reluctant, loath.aversion,n.dislike,antipathy, disinclination,loathing,abhorrence.avid,a.eager,greedy, desirous.avidity,n.eagerness,greediness, intensedesire.avoid,v.evade,shun, elude, eschew,shirk,parry.avoidance,n.evasion, eluding, eschewing, parrying.awaken,v.wake, awake,rouse,arouse,excite.aware,a.cognizant,conscious, apprised,mindful.away,adv.hence, absent, gone, aside, off; (Colloq.) on, uninterruptedly.awe,n.veneration,reverence.--v.overawe, intimidate.awful,a.appalling,terrible,dreadful,frightful, grewsome,horrible,shocking,heinous,flagrant; awe-inspiring,majestic; (Slang)immoderate,great,serious,flagrant, egregious,excessive.awfully,adv.fearfully, dreadfully; (Slang)very, excessively, extremely, exceedingly.awkward,a.clumsy,ungraceful,bungling, maladroit,gawky, inelegant,ungainly,loutish,unskillful,unwieldy,uncourtly;embarrassing.Antonyms:graceful,dexterous,deft,courtly,elegant, adroit,clever.awning,n.sun-shade,canopy, baldaquin,tilt.awry,a.distorted,wry,crooked,asquint, askant,perverse.ax,n.adz, mattock, broadax, battleax, dolabra,hatchet, poleax, bipennis.axiom,n.truism; postulate.axle,n.arbor, axletree, spindle (of a wheel), axis; gudgeon.

attestation,n.corroboration,witness,authentication,ratification,confirmation.

at the same time.simultaneous.--adv.simultaneously.

attic,n.garret, loft, cockloft.

attitude,n.posture,position,pose.

attract,v.allure,entice,draw,decoy,interest,engage, induce.Antonyms:repel,repulse,alienate,deter.

attraction,n.allurement,fascination,charm,inducement,witchery, magnetism,enticement,lure.Antonyms: repulsion,repellence,repugnance,antipathy.

attraction,n.chemism, affinity (chemical attraction).

attractive,a.alluring, engaging,enticing, magnetic, prepossessing, personable,winning, mesmeric,taking,seductive,bewitching.Antonyms: unattractive,repellent,repulsive,forbidding,repugnant.

attributable,a.ascribable, imputable, referrible, assignable, traceable.

attribute,v.ascribe, impute,assign,refer,trace.

attribute,n.characteristic,peculiarity, predicate; symbol.

at variance.bickering, contending, at loggerheads, dissenting.

auction,n.vendue.

audacious,a.presumptuous,impudent,insolent, brazen, unabashed. Seebold.

augur,v.portend,forebode,presage,indicate,betoken.

augury,n.divination,prophecy;omen, portent, auspice,sign.

august,a.majestic,sublime,imposing, impressive,grand,pompous.

auspices,n. pl.protection,favor, guidance, patronage,charge.

auspicious,a.propitious.Antonym: inauspicious.

Austrian Parliament.Reichsrath.

authentic,a.genuine, trustworthy, authoritative, credible.

authenticate,v.verify,attest,confirm.

authentication,n.verification,attestation,confirmation.

author,n.creator, originator,father;littérateur,writer.

authority,n.dominion, jurisdiction, authorization,right; prestige,influence, ascendency, supremacy; precedent;justification,warrant;permission,sanction,permit,license,warranty; credibility,reliability, trustworthiness.Associated word: purview.

authorize,v.empower, commission;sanction,warrant,justify,confirm.

authorless,a.anonymous.

autocracy,n.absolutism,despotism, dictatorship; selfgovernment, autonomy.

autocratic,a.absolute,despotic,arbitrary.

automatic,a.self-propelling, self-moving;involuntary,mechanical.

autopsy,n.necropsy, post-mortemexamination.

auxiliary,n.assistant, coadjutor,helper.

avarice,n.cupidity.

avaricious,a.covetous,greedy.

average,a.medium,ordinary,mediocre,middling.

averse,a.disinclined,indisposed,reluctant, loath.

aversion,n.dislike,antipathy, disinclination,loathing,abhorrence.

avid,a.eager,greedy, desirous.

avidity,n.eagerness,greediness, intensedesire.

avoid,v.evade,shun, elude, eschew,shirk,parry.

avoidance,n.evasion, eluding, eschewing, parrying.

awaken,v.wake, awake,rouse,arouse,excite.

aware,a.cognizant,conscious, apprised,mindful.

away,adv.hence, absent, gone, aside, off; (Colloq.) on, uninterruptedly.

awe,n.veneration,reverence.--v.overawe, intimidate.

awful,a.appalling,terrible,dreadful,frightful, grewsome,horrible,shocking,heinous,flagrant; awe-inspiring,majestic; (Slang)immoderate,great,serious,flagrant, egregious,excessive.

awfully,adv.fearfully, dreadfully; (Slang)very, excessively, extremely, exceedingly.

awkward,a.clumsy,ungraceful,bungling, maladroit,gawky, inelegant,ungainly,loutish,unskillful,unwieldy,uncourtly;embarrassing.Antonyms:graceful,dexterous,deft,courtly,elegant, adroit,clever.

awning,n.sun-shade,canopy, baldaquin,tilt.

awry,a.distorted,wry,crooked,asquint, askant,perverse.

ax,n.adz, mattock, broadax, battleax, dolabra,hatchet, poleax, bipennis.

axiom,n.truism; postulate.

axle,n.arbor, axletree, spindle (of a wheel), axis; gudgeon.


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