Verbs
Nouns
Words That Start With 'A'
Positive
Negative
100
to coax by using flattery
What is blandish?
100
a man who is devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress
What is fop?
100
something that calms or soothes pain
What is anodyne?
100
easily flexed, limber, agile
What is lissome?
100
to engage in excessive enthusiasm
What is rhapsodize?
200
to annoy, pester, to linger on an unpleasant topic
What is carp?
200
a member of a regiment composed of elite soldiers
What is grenadier?
200
of or relating to trees
What is arboreal?
200
powerful or influential person
What is magnate?
200
cloyingly sweet
What is saccharine?
300
sweeten, mollify
What is dulcify?
300
goods thrown overboard, especially when found on shore
What is jetsam?
300
to recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
What is abjure?
300
sweet sounding, flowing smoothly
What is mellifluous?
300
an alarm, bell or other signal
What is tocsin?
400
to involve in, to cause to fall into disorder
What is embroil?
400
dishonest or tricky dealing, an instance of trickery or mischief
What is knavery?
400
a place where bees and beehives are kept, usually for the harvesting of honey
What is apiary?
400
not easily roused to feeling or action
What is phlegmatic?
400
practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegally high rate
What is usury?
500
blot, cross, rub or wipe out
What is expunge?
500
a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
What is maelstrom?
500
a curse, expression of ill-will
What is aspersion?
500
final discharge or acquittal, as from debt or obligation; something that serves to suppress or quiet; removal from activity
What is quietus?
500
bitter verbal attack
What is diatribe?
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