animate
a.endowed with life; alive; living; animated
animosity
n. Syn. enmity; hostility
bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
annals
n. Syn. records; history
chronological record of the events of successive years
annex
v. Syn. attach
append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
annihilate
v. Syn. destroy
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
annotate
v. Syn. comment
comment; make explanatory notes
annual
a.occurring or payable every year
annuity
n.annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
anonymous
a. Syn. unknown; nameless
having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
antagonism
n. Syn. hostility; enmity
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
antarctic
a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
antecede
v. Syn. precede
precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
antedate
v. be earlier in time; go back further
antediluvian
a. Syn. antiquated
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
anterior
a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
anthology
n. Syn. collection
book of literary selections by various authors
anthropology
n.social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
anticlimax
n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
antidote
n. Syn. countermeasure; remedy medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
antiquate
v.make obsolete or old-fashioned
antique
n. Syn. relic; curio
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
antiseptic
n. Syn. bactericide; germicide
substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
antonym
n.
word of opposite meaning; counter term
anxious
a. Syn. eager; keen; worried
eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter