ANTONYM WORDLIST -A

abeyance - continuance
abjure – espouse, pledge
abrogate – institute, enact
abstemious - self-indulgent
abstruse - obvious
acarpous - fecund
accolade - disapprobation
acerbity - sweetness
acquiescence - rebellion
acquit - convict
acrimonious - harmonious
adhere – detach
admonition - countenance
adroit – unskillful, awkward
adulterate - purify
adulteration - purification
adversity - prosperity
affiliation - dissociation
alacrity - hesitance, slowness
alienate - harmonize
alleviate - exacerbate
aloof - gregarious
altruism - miserliness
altruistic - selfish
amalgamate - separate
amalgamate - separate
amass - separate
ambiguous - clear
amelioration – deterioration, worsening
amenable - intractable
amicable - unfriendly
amorphous – structured, definite
amplify – decrease, simplify
anathema – benediction, blessing
anathematize - bless
ancillary - principal
anemic - red-blooded
anodyne - irritating presence
anomalous - usual
anomaly - regularity
anonymous - signed
antediluvian - modern
antipathy - fondness
antithesis - similarity
aplomb - confusion
apostate - loyalist
appease - agitate
apposite - inappropriate
apprehend - set free
apropos - untimely
aptitude - lack of talent
archaic - new
arrant - partial
arrhythmic - exhibiting regularity
artifice – sincerity, candor
artisan - unskilled laborer
artlessness - cunning
ascend - go down
asceticism - indulgence
aseptic - contaminated
askew - straight
aspersions - flattery
asset - liability
assuaged - unsatisfied
asteroid - large planet
astute - foolish
attenuate - thicken
atypical - normal
authentic - bogus
autonomous - dependent
avarice - generosity
aver - deny
aversion - affinity
avid - loath
awry - straight