abaft-

- at the rear of; behind

- at or towards the stern; aft

abase-
- to reduce or lower as in a rank, office, estimation; humble; degrade

abash-
- to destroy the self possession of; make ashamed or embarrassed: ​stand or feel abashed

abate-
- to reduce in amount, intensity, etc; lessen; diminish; ​to abate a tax, one’s enthusiasm,
etc
- law. t​ o put an end to or suppress (a nuisance); suspend or extinguish (an action)
- to decrease or become less in strength or violence: ​the storm has abated

abattoir-
- a building or place where animals are slaughtered for food

abdicate-
- to renounce a throne or some claim; relinquish a right, power, or trust
- to give up or renounce (office, duties, authorities, etc) esp. in a voluntary, public, or
formal manner

abduct-
- to carry off surreptitiously or by force, esp. to kidnap
- physiol. ​to draw away from the original position (opposite to adduct)

aberrant-
- staying from the right or usual course
- deviating from the ordinary or normal type

aberration
- the act of wandering from the usual way or normal course
- deviation from truth or moral rectitude
- lapse from a sound mental state
- optics. ​any disturbance of the rays of a pencil of light such that they can no longer be
brought to a sharp focus or form a clear image
abet-
- to encourage or countenance by
admonish-
- to counsel against something; caution or advise
- to notify of or reprove for a fault, esp. mildly: ​to admonish someone as a brother
 - to recall or incite a duty; remind: to admonish someone about his obligations

adrenal-
- situated near or on the kidneys; suprarenal
- of or produced by the adrenal glands
- one of the adrenal glands

adrift-
- not fastened by