012-arrogate-assuage

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arrogate--v.To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.

Artesianwell--n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure

artful--adj.Characterized by craft or cunning.

Arthurian--adj.Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.

artifice--n.Trickery.

artless--adj.Ingenuous.

ascendant--adj.Dominant.

ascension--n.The act of rising.

ascent--n.A rising, soaring, or climbing.

ascetic--adj.Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.

ascribe--v.To assign as a quality or attribute.

asexual--adj.Having no distinct sexual organs.

ashen--adj.Pale.

askanceadv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.

asperity--n.Harshness or roughness of temper.

aspirant--n.One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.

aspiration--n.An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.

aspire--v.To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good,not yet attained.

assailant--n.One who attacks.

assassin--n.One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.

assassinate--v.  To kill, as by surprise or secret assault,especially the killing of some eminent person.

assassination--n.Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.

assay--n.The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.

assent--v.To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.

assess--v.To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).

assessor--n.An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.

assets--n.pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.

assiduous--adj.Diligent.

assignee--n.One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property andinterests.

assimilate--v.To adapt.

assonance--n.Resemblance or correspondence in sound.

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assonant--adj.Having resemblance of sound.

assonate--v.To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.

assuage--v.To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain,or disease.