Part 7

~Asseverate~, _v. a._ Aver, affirm, declare, ASSERT, protest, maintain, avow.

~Asseveration~, _n._ Declaration, assertion, avowal, protestation, affirmation, averment, assurance.

~Assiduity~, _n._ Industry, DILIGENCE, assiduousness, sedulousness, activity, perseverance, persistence, patience, close application.

~Assiduous~, _a._ Industrious, sedulous, diligent, indefatigable, notable, active, busy, untiring, unwearied, unremitting, persevering, persistent, constant, patient, studious, zealous, never-tiring, painstaking.

~Assiduousness~, _n._ ASSIDUITY.

~Assign~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Apportion, allot, appoint, appropriate, cast.

~2.~ Fix, specify, determine, designate.

~3.~ Adduce, allege, advance, offer, give, present, bring forward.

~4.~ (_Law._) Transfer, convey, make over.

~Assignation~, _n._ ~1.~ Designation.

~2.~ Appointment to meet.

~Assign dower~, (_Law._) Set off (_by metes and bounds_) the widow's share.

~Assignment~, _n._ ~1.~ Appointment, allotment, apportionment.

~2.~ (_Law._) Transfer, conveyance.

~Assimilate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Liken, make like, bring to a resemblance.

~2.~ Digest, turn to one's own substance.

~Assist~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Help, aid, support, befriend, patronize, serve, speed, second, abet, back, sustain, co-operate with, take part with, give support to, minister to.

~2.~ Succor, relieve, SPELL.

~Assistance~, _n._ Help, aid, succor, LIFT, support, patronage, relief, helping hand, good offices.

~Assistant~, _n._ Coadjutor, helper, aider, co-operator, co-aid, ally, auxiliary, abettor, ADJUTANT, CLERK, right hand man.

~Assizes~, _n. pl._ Sessions (_of the superior courts in the counties of England_).

~Associate~, _v. a._ Join, conjoin, unite, connect, combine, affiliate, yoke, couple, link, bring into close relation.

~Associate~, _v. n._ Fraternize, sort, consort, keep company, be in familiar intercourse.

~Associate~, _n._ ~1.~ Companion, mate, fellow, yoke-fellow, comrade, peer, compeer, follower, CONSORT.

~2.~ Partner, copartner, coadjutor, COLLEAGUE, confederate, ally.

~Association~, _n._ ~1.~ Union, connection, conjunction, combination.

~2.~ Society, fraternity, partnership, copartnership, sodality, company, band, corporation, body, guild, firm, house, confederacy, confederation, LODGE, club, COTERIE, CLIQUE, joint concern.

~Assort~, _v. a._ Class, classify, rank, group, arrange, distribute, sort.

~Assort~, _v. n._ Agree, consort, suit, be adapted, be suitable.

~Assortment~, _n._ ~1.~ Assorting, arranging, allotment, distribution, arrangement.

~2.~ Class, group, set, batch, lot, parcel, stock, store, collection, pack.

~3.~ Variety of sorts, many kinds.

~Assorted~, _a._ Of various sorts.

~Assuage~, _v. a._ Mitigate, moderate, appease, alleviate, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, compose, tranquillize, quiet, still, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt, lull.

~Assuagement~, _n._ Mitigation, alleviation, pacification, easing, abatement.

~Assuasive~, _a._ Soothing, assuaging, emollient, lenient, lenitive, mitigating, mitigative, mild.

~Assume~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take, undertake, take on, take upon one's self, be willing to bear.

~2.~ Affect, feign, counterfeit, simulate, pretend to, put on.

~3.~ Arrogate, usurp, claim unduly, make unjust pretensions to.

~4.~ Beg, suppose, presuppose, imply, consider as true, take for granted.

~Assumed name~, Alias.

~Assuming~, _a._ ~1.~ Presuming, presumptuous, forward, audacious, bold, shameless, frontless, unblushing, brazen, brazen-faced.

~2.~ Arrogant, proud, lofty, stately, haughty, supercilious, overbearing, overweening, conceited, consequential, self-conceited, self-sufficient.

~Assumption~, _n._ ~1.~ Assuming, arrogating, usurpation.

~2.~ Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory.

~3.~ Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness, lordliness, stateliness, conceit, pride, conceitedness, self-conceit, self- importance, vain-glory, arrogance, insolence, HAUTEUR.

~Assurance~, _n._ ~1.~ Security, certainty, conviction, persuasion, pledge of certainty, ground of confidence.

~2.~ Promise, engagement, word of honor.

~3.~ Affirmation, assertion, declaration, protestation, asseveration, averment, avowal.

~4.~ Intrepidity, courage, confidence, firmness, self-reliance.

~5.~ Boldness, effrontery, brass, impudence, impertinence, presumption, CHEEK, face, front.

~6.~ (_Law._) Insurance.

~Assure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make certain or sure, free from doubt or uncertainty.

~2.~ Embolden, encourage, enhearten, hearten, make confident.

~3.~ Declare to (_confidently and earnestly_), vouch to, avow to, protest to, warrant.

~4.~ (_Law._) Insure, agree to indemnify for loss, secure against loss.

~Assured~, _a._ ~1.~ Certain, indubitable, unquestionable.

~2.~ Confident, sure, secure, sanguine.

~3.~ (_Law._) Insured.

~Assuredly~, _ad._ Certainly, indubitably, undoubtedly, unquestionably, truly, surely, sure, without doubt.

~Asteism~, _n._ Genteel irony, polite banter or raillery, delicate ridicule.

~Asterisk~, _n._ Star (_in printing_).

~Astern~, _ad._ (_Naut._) ~1.~ Behind, back.

~2.~ Backward, rearward, abaft.

~Asteroid~, _n._ Small planet.

~As though~, As if.

~Astonish~, _v. a._ Amaze, surprise, astound, confound, shock, stagger, stupefy, stun, dumfounder, strike dumb, strike with wonder, petrify with wonder.

~Astonishment~, _n._ Amazement, wonder, surprise, awe, ADMIRATION.

~Astound~, _v. a._ Amaze, ASTONISH.

~Astral~, _a._ Starry, stellar, sidereal.

~Astray~, _ad._ Out of the right way, on the wrong scent.

~Astringent~, _a._ Binding, contracting, styptic.

~Astute~, _a._ ~1.~ Cunning, crafty, intriguing, wily, artful, sly, subtle, arch, deep, Machiavelian.

~2.~ Shrewd, sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, discerning, ingenious, perspicacious, keen, intelligent, long-headed, keen-sighted, clear- sighted, quick-sighted, eagle-eyed.

~Astuteness~, _n._ ~1.~ Cunning, craft, craftiness, subtlety, artfulness, art, artifice, slyness, deceit, duplicity, wiliness, guile.

~2.~ Shrewdness, acuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, sagacity, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Asunder~, _ad._ Apart, into two parts.

~Asylum~, _n._ ~1.~ Sanctuary, shelter, retreat, refuge, place of refuge.

~2.~ Charitable institution.

~At a blow~, Suddenly, all at once, by a single stroke, by one effort.

~At all~, In any manner, in any degree, in the least degree, in the least.

~At all events~, At any rate, in any case, whatever be the case, happen what may, come what may, let it be as it will, sink or swim.

~At a loss~, Puzzled, perplexed, embarrassed, staggered, posed, nonplussed, at one's wits' end, hard pressed, at a stand, in doubt, in difficulty, put to it, put to one's shifts, out of one's depth, beyond one's depth, in a quandary, at fault, in a dilemma, not know what to do.

~At any rate~, AT ALL EVENTS.

~At a pinch~, In an emergency, in a difficulty, if things come to the worst.

~At a stand~, ~1.~ Interrupted, stopped.

~2.~ Perplexed, embarrassed, AT A LOSS.

~At dawn~, Early, at break of day, at peep of day, at the opening of day.

~At discretion~, Without conditions or stipulations.

~At ease~, Untroubled, comfortable, free from pain, at rest.

~At fault~, ~1.~ Off the scent, on the wrong track.

~2.~ Puzzled, perplexed, AT A LOSS.

~At first~, In the beginning, at the commencement, in the outset, at the start.

~At hand~, Near, nigh, close by, hard by, close to, close upon, close at hand, within reach.

~At hazard~, Hazarded, AT STAKE.

~At heart~, In principle, in one's true character.

~Atheism~, _n._ Denial of God, disbelief in the existence of God.

~Atheist~, _n._ Unbeliever (_in the existence of God_), INFIDEL, sceptic, free-thinker.

~Atheistic~, _a._ Godless, given to atheism.

~Atheistical~, _a._ Godless, given to atheism.

~Athlete~, _n._ Combatant, champion, contender for victory.

~Athletic~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, stout, robust, sturdy, brawny, muscular, lusty, sinewy, nervous, stalwart, powerful, strapping, Herculean, able- bodied, made of iron.

~2.~ Gymnastic.

~Athwart~, _prep._ Across, over, from one side of to the other.

~Athwart~, _ad._ ~1.~ Across, crosswise, sidewise, obliquely.

~2.~ Wrong, wrongfully, unseasonably, unsuitably, MALAPROPOS.

~At last~, Finally, in the end, in the upshot.

~At length~, ~1.~ After a long time, after a long while, at last, in the end.

~2.~ In full, to the full extent, IN EXTENSO.

~Atmosphere~, _n._ Air.

~Atmospheric~, _a._ Aerial, of the atmosphere.

~Atmospherical~, _a._ Aerial, of the atmosphere.

~At odds~, Quarrelling, bickering, at variance.

~Atom~, _n._ ~1.~ Molecule, monad, ultimate particle (_of any element_), indivisible particle.

~2.~ Corpuscle, scrap, mite, bit, grain, jot, iota, tittle, whit, ace, scintilla.

~Atomic~, _a._ ~1.~ Of atoms.

~2.~ Small, minute.

~Atomical~, _a._ ~1.~ Of atoms.

~2.~ Small, minute.

~At once~, Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, without delay.

~Atone for~, Expiate, make expiation for, make amends for, make reparation for, do penance for, answer for, pay for.

~Atonement~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Reconciliation, pacification, concord, agreement.

~2.~ Expiation, propitiation, satisfaction, reparation, amends, peace- offering, atoning sacrifice.

~Atony~, _n._ (_Med._) Weakness, debility, languor.

~Atrabiliary~, _a._ Melancholy, ATRABILIOUS.

~Atrabilious~, _a._ Melancholy, hypochondriacal, hypped, dejected, dispirited, depressed, gloomy, sad, sorrowful, blue, desponding, downcast, down-hearted, chop-fallen, low-spirited, cast down, down in the mouth, in the dumps, with a long face.

~Atramentous~, _a._ Black, inky.

~At random~, By chance, without choice, without selection, just as it happens.

~At rest~, ~1.~ Resting, reposing, quiescent.

~2.~ Untroubled, comfortable, at ease, free from pain.

~Atrocious~, _a._ Infamous, villanous, flagitious, heinous, felonious, flagrant, outrageous, enormous, grievous, diabolical, monstrous, infernal, hellish, horrible, black, very wicked.

~Atrocity~, _n._ ~1.~ Heinousness, atrociousness, enormity, flagrancy, villany, flagitiousness, depravity, wickedness.

~2.~ Atrocious crime, flagitious villany.

~Atrophy~, _n._ Emaciation (_from want of nourishment_), consumption, marasmus, decline, gradual wasting.

~At stake~, Hazarded, risked, pledged, in danger, at hazard.

~Attach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten, tie, join, connect, cement, affix, fix, append, subjoin, annex, hitch, make fast, set to.

~2.~ Attract, captivate, enamour, endear, charm, win, engage, gain over.

~3.~ (_Law._) Take, seize, distrain, distress.

~Attachment~, _n._ ~1.~ Love, liking, regard, affection, friendship, fondness, predilection, devotedness, devotion, adhesion, adherence.

~2.~ Adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, addition, addendum.

~3.~ (_Law._) Seizure, distress.

~Attack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Assail, assault, STORM, encounter, invade, charge, engage, oppugn, TACKLE, have at, set upon, fly at, run at, make a run at, rush upon, spring upon, have a fling at, have a cut at, bear down upon, make aggression on, ride full tilt against, PITCH INTO.

~2.~ Impugn, censure, criticise, reflect upon, pass censure on.

~Attack~, _n._ Assault, onset, onslaught, charge, thrust, encounter, invasion, aggression, descent, OFFENCE.

~Attacker~, _n._ Assailer, assailant, assaulter, invader, aggressor.

~Attain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Procure (_by effort_), acquire, get, obtain, gain, win, secure, achieve, compass, accomplish, effect, hit.

~2.~ Reach, arrive at, come to, attain to.

~Attain to~, Reach, attain, arrive at, come to.

~Attainable~, _a._ Compassable, achievable, practicable, feasible, possible.

~Attainder~, _n._ Corruption of blood.

~Attainment~, _n._ ~1.~ Attaining, getting, acquisition.

~2.~ Acquirement, accomplishment, erudition, learning, information, enlightenment, wisdom, stock of knowledge, mental resources.

~Attaint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Taint, corrupt, stain.

~2.~ (_Law._) Punish by corruption of blood.

~Attar of roses~, Oil of roses, ottar of roses, otto of roses.

~Attemper~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Temper, moderate, allay, alleviate, soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, qualify, appease.

~2.~ Adapt, suit, fit, proportion.

~Attempt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try, assay, essay, make trial or experiment of.

~2.~ Undertake, go about, set about, take in hand, endeavor to accomplish.

~Attempt~, _v. n._ Try, strive, endeavor, seek, aim, make an attempt, make essay, do one's best, do all that in one lies, strain every nerve, leave no stone unturned.

~Attempt~, _n._ Effort, trial, essay, endeavor, experiment, undertaking, enterprise.

~Attend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accompany, escort, follow, go with, go along with, keep company with.

~2.~ Guard, watch, have in keeping.

~3.~ Serve, lackey, minister to, wait on, dance attendance on.

~4.~ Be present at.

~5.~ Await, be in store for, be ready for.

~Attend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Listen, hearken, hear, give ear, pay attention.

~2.~ Tend, serve, wait, be attendant.

~Attendance~, ~1.~ Presence.

~2.~ Service, ministration, waiting on.

~Attendant~, _a._ Accompanying, attending.

~Attendant~, _n._ ~1.~ Follower, satellite, companion, fellow, associate, escort.

~2.~ Servant, vassal, servitor, dependant, retainer, squire, domestic, footman, lackey, VALET, waiter, flunkey, underling, menial, understrapper, tender.

~3.~ Accompaniment, concomitant, attendant circumstance.

~Attend on~, Accompany, serve, wait on, be in waiting upon, be within call of.

~Attend to~, ~1.~ Mind, heed, notice, regard, observe, mark, be attentive to, pay regard to, give heed to, take heed of, take notice of, give or pay attention to, give a thought to, be mindful of.

~2.~ Look after, look to, see to.

~3.~ Practise, pursue, follow.

~Attention~, _n._ ~1.~ Care, heed, regard, heedfulness, mindfulness, notice, observation, consideration, advertence, circumspection, watch, watchfulness.

~2.~ Application, reflection, study.

~3.~ Civility, courtesy, politeness, deference, respect, regard.

~Attentive~, _a._ Mindful, heedful, observant, wary, circumspect, watchful, careful, thoughtful, regardful, awake, alive, wide awake, on the alert, on the lookout.

~Attentive to~, Mindful of, occupied with, taken up with, absorbed in.

~Attenuate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dilute, thin, rarefy, make thin, make less dense.

~2.~ Lessen, diminish, contract, reduce.

~Attenuation~, _n._ Thinning, diminishing, contracting.

~Attest~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Witness, certify, endorse, confirm, ratify, corroborate, support, authenticate, seal, vouch for, bear out, set one's hand and seal to.

~2.~ Adjure, invoke, call to witness.

~3.~ Prove, show, exhibit, manifest, confess.

~Attestation~, _n._ Attesting, authentication, confirmation, testimony, witness, proof, evidence, seal.

~Attic~, _a._ Chaste, classic, classical, pure, correct, refined, elegant, polished, in good taste.

~Attic~, _n._ ~1.~ Athenian, Athenian author.

~2.~ Garret, loft, cockloft, upper story.

~Atticism~, _n._ Attic idiom or phrase, elegant or concise expression, happy phrase.

~Attic salt~, Delicate wit.

~Attire~, _v. a._ Dress, clothe, array, apparel, rig, robe, enrobe, accoutre, equip, fit out, TRICK OUT.

~Attire~, _n._ Dress, clothes, clothing, apparel, raiment, ARRAY, habit, garb, gear, costume, habiliment, vesture, vestment, outfit, suit, accoutrement, equipment, toilet, rigging, trappings, TOGGERY, wardrobe.

~Attitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Posture (_with reference to the expression of some sentiment_), position.

~2.~ Situation, aspect, phase, standing, predicament

~Attorney~, _n._ ~1.~ Agent, factor, proxy, deputy, substitute.

~2.~ Lawyer, counsellor, counsel, SOLICITOR, advocate, barrister, attorney-at-law, limb of the law.

~Attract~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, bring into proximity, cause to approach.

~2.~ Allure, invite, entice, engage, win, captivate, fascinate, endear, charm, enamour.

~Attraction~, _n._ ~1.~ Attracting, drawing.

~2.~ Allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement, witchery, attractiveness.

~Attractive~, _a._ ~1.~ Alluring, inviting, enticing, fascinating, captivating, charming, winning, bewitching, enchanting, engaging, interesting, prepossessing, taking, pleasing, pleasant, lovely, sweet.

~2.~ Magnetic, magnetical.

~Attributable~, _a._ Ascribable, imputable, referrible, chargeable, traceable, owing, to be charged, to be attributed, to be imputed.

~Attribute~, _v. a._ Ascribe, assign, refer, impute, consider as due.

~Attribute~, _n._ Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity.

~Attrition~, _n._ Abrasion, friction, rubbing.

~Attune~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set to a tune, make musical.

~2.~ Tune, accord, harmonize, modulate, put in tune.

~At variance~, Quarrelling, bickering, at odds.

~Auburn~, _a._ Nut-brown, chestnut-colored, reddish-brown.

~Auction~, _n._ Vendue, cant, public sale, auction sale.

~Auctioneer~, _n._ Vendue-master.

~Audacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Bold, daring, fearless, courageous, intrepid, venturesome, dauntless, undaunted, valiant, stout-hearted.

~2.~ Presumptuous, assuming, forward, impudent, insolent.

~Audaciousness~, _n._ AUDACITY.

~Audacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Boldness, daring, fearlessness, courage, intrepidity, venturesomeness, hardihood.

~2.~ Impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK.

~Audience~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearing.

~2.~ Auditory, assembly of hearers.

~Audience-chamber~, _n._ Divan, council-chamber, state-chamber.

~Audit~, _v. a._ Examine (_as accounts, to ascertain whether they are correct or not_).

~Audit~, _n._ ~1.~ Examination of accounts.

~2.~ Final account.

~Auditor~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearer, listener.

~2.~ Examiner of accounts.

~Auditory~, _n._ Audience, assembly of hearers.

~Au fait~, [Fr.] Skilful, skilled, expert, at home, in one's element.

~Aught~, _n._ Any thing.

~Augment~, _v. a._ Enlarge, increase, magnify, add to, make larger.

~Augment~, _v. n._ Increase, grow larger.

~Augmentation~, _n._ Increase, enlargement, extension, addition, accession.

~Augur~, _n._ Soothsayer, prophet, fortune-teller.

~Augur~, _v. n._ Prophesy, conjecture, predict, guess.

~Augur~, _v. a._ Portend, forebode, presage, foreshow, foreshadow, prognosticate, betoken, foretell, predict, prophesy, be ominous of.

~Augury~, _n._ ~1.~ Prognostication, prognostic, prediction, prophecy, vaticination.

~2.~ Omen, sign, auspice, portent, presage, prognostic, precursor, forerunner, harbinger, herald.

~August~, _a._ Imposing, awful, solemn, venerable, majestic, stately, pompous, great, regal, noble, dignified, kingly, princely, magnificent, superb.

~Auld lang syne~, [_Scotch._] Antiquity, old times, former times, days of yore, the olden time, time gone by, days gone by.

~Aureate~, _a._ Golden, yellow, gold-colored.

~Aurelia~, _n._ (_Ent._) Chrysalis, pupa, nympha.

~Aureola~, _n._ [L.] Halo, glory.

~Auricle~, _n._ Pavilion, external ear.

~Aurora~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Mythol._) Goddess of Morning.

~2.~ Daybreak, dawn, morning, morn, sunrise, break of day, opening of day, peep of day, first blush of the morning.

~Aurora borealis~, [L.] Northern lights, polar lights.

~Auspice~, _n._ Omen, AUGURY, sign, portent, presage, prognostic.

~Auspices~, _n. pl._ Favor, influence, patronage, protection, support.

~Auspicious~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, happy, red-letter.

~2.~ Propitious, promising, favorable, seasonable, opportune, golden, bright.

~Austere~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough (_to the taste_), sour and astringent.

~2.~ Severe, rigid, strict, formal, stiff, rigorous, harsh, stern, difficult, hard, uncompromising, unrelenting, relentless, ascetic, straight-laced.

~Austerity~, _n._ Severity, rigor, sternness, harshness, asceticism.

~Authentic~, _a._ ~1.~ Genuine, real, true, veritable, pure, uncorrupted, unadulterated, not false, not spurious, not fictitious, not apocryphal, what it purports to be.

~2.~ Trustworthy, RELIABLE, authoritative, of approved authority, to be depended on, worthy of belief.

~Authenticate~, _v. a._ Verify, seal, attest, give credit or validity to, prove to be genuine.

~Authentication~, _n._ Verification, attestation, seal, confirmation.

~Authenticity~, _n._ ~1.~ Genuineness.

~2.~ Trustworthiness.

~Author~, _n._ ~1.~ Originator, inventor, maker, creator, father, former, contriver, first cause.

~2.~ Writer, composer.

~Authoritative~, _a._ ~1.~ Official, commanding, by authority, EX CATHEDRA.

~2.~ Dictatorial, imperative, imperious, magisterial, oracular, peremptory, dogmatic.

~Authorities~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Magistrates, officials, persons in office.

~2.~ Precedents, decisions, judgments.

~Authority~, _n._ ~1.~ Power, sovereignty, dominion, empire, government.

~2.~ Rule, sway, ascendency, supremacy, control, influence, interest.

~3.~ Permission, warrant, warranty, liberty, permit, precept, order, authorization, sanction.

~4.~ Witness, testimony.

~5.~ Credibility, weight of evidence.

~6.~ Respectability, dignity, weight of character.

~Authorize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sanction, justify, warrant, legalize, support by authority.

~2.~ Empower, commission, permit, allow, give permission to, give leave to, give authority to.

~Autochthonal~, _a._ Aboriginal, original, primitive, primeval, pristine, primary, first, native, indigenous.

~Autochthonous~, _a._ Aboriginal, original, primitive, primeval, pristine, primary, first, native, indigenous.

~Autocracy~, _n._ Dictatorship, absolutism, despotism, tyranny, arbitrary power, absolute power.

~Autocrat~, _n._ Dictator, despot, tyrant, absolute ruler.

~Autocratic~, _a._ Absolute, despotic.

~Automatic~, _a._ Self-moving, self-acting.

~Autopsy~, _n._ ~1.~ Ocular evidence, personal examination.

~2.~ Post-mortem examination.

~Autumn~, _n._ Fall, fall of the leaf.

~Auxiliary~, _a._ Aiding, helping, assisting, ancillary, subsidiary, helpful.

~Auxiliary~, _n._ Helper, assistant, coadjutor, adjutant, co- operative, ally, confederate, right-hand man.

~Avail~, _v. a._ Benefit, profit, be of advantage to.

~Avail one's self of~, Use, employ, take advantage of, turn to account, make use of.

~Avail~, _v. n._ Be of advantage, do good, be of use, answer the purpose.

~Avail~, _n._ Profit, advantage, benefit, use, utility, service.

~Avails~, _n. pl._ Proceeds, profits, returns.

~Available~, _a._ ~1.~ To be availed of, to be turned to account.

~2.~ Serviceable, useful, profitable, advantageous, beneficial.

~3.~ Suitable or fit (_for some purpose_), likely to answer the end.

~Avant-courier~, _n._ Harbinger, forerunner, herald.

~Avant-guard~, _n._ Van, advanced guard.

~Avarice~, _n._ Penuriousness, cupidity, niggardliness, closeness, covetousness.

~Avaricious~, _a._ Miserly, penurious, parsimonious, sordid, illiberal, niggardly, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, grasping, close- fisted, hard-fisted, COVETOUS, eager for gain (_for the sake of hoarding it_).

~Avast~, _interj._ (_Naut._) Hold, stop, stay, enough.

~Avaunt~, _interj._ Hence, begone, be off, get you gone.

~Avenge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take satisfaction for, award just punishment for.

~2.~ Revenge, vindicate (_by punishment of an offender_), inflict punishment in behalf of.

~3.~ [_So used by the translators of the Bible._] Take revenge upon, treat revengefully.

~Avengement~, _n._ [_Rare._] Avenging.

~Avenue~, _n._ ~1.~ Passage, entrance, entry, access, way of approach, passage-way.

~2.~ Alley, walk, street, road, path.

~3.~ Channel, route, way, pass.

~Aver~, _v. a._ Assert, affirm, declare, asseverate, protest, avouch, allege, say, pronounce, predicate.

~Average~, _n._ ~1.~ Medium, mean proportion, medial sum or quantity.

~2.~ Mediocrity, medial standard, average standard.

~Average~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Equate, reduce to an average, reduce to a mean.

~2.~ (_Com._) Proportion, distribute proportionally.

~Average~, _v. n._ Amount to, or result in, when the mean is taken.

~Average~, _a._ ~1.~ Medial, mean.

~2.~ Middling, ordinary, passable, moderate, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad.