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| ASSORTMENT | | n. Diverse group or mixture. | |
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| ASSUMPTION | | n. - assuming.
- thing assumed.
- (assumption) reception of the virgin mary bodily into heaven. | |
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| ASTRINGENT | | —adj. - checking bleeding by contracting body tissues.
- severe, austere. —n. Astringent substance. astringency n. [latin astringo draw tight] | |
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| ATMOSPHERE | | n. - a gases enveloping the earth, any other planet, etc. B air in a room etc., esp. If fetid.
- pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art.
- unit of pressure equal to mean atmospheric pressure at sea level, 101,325 pascals. atmospheric adj. [greek atmos vapour, *sphere] | |
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| ATTACHMENT | | n. - thing attached, esp. For a purpose.
- affection, devotion.
- attaching or being attached.
- legal seizure.
- temporary position in an organization. | |
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| ATTAINMENT | | n. - (often in pl.) Accomplishment or achievement.
- attaining. | |
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| ATTENDANCE | | n. - attending or being present.
- number present (high attendance). | |
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| ATTRACTION | | n. - a attracting or being attracted. B attractive quality (can't see the attraction in it). C person or thing that attracts.
- physics tendency of bodies to attract each other. | |
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| ATTRACTIVE | | adj. - attracting (esp. Interest or admiration).
- aesthetically pleasing; good-looking. attractively adv. | |
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| AUCTIONEER | | n. Person who conducts auctions, esp. For a living. | |
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