| appreciate |
to be grateful for or to. [4 definitions] |
| appreciation |
expression of thanks. [3 definitions] |
| appreciative |
feeling or capable of feeling gratitude or appreciation. |
| apprehend |
to catch and place under arrest. [4 definitions] |
| apprehensible |
able to be perceived or understood. |
| apprehension |
anxiety about future events. [3 definitions] |
| apprehensive |
feeling anxiety about future events. |
| apprentice |
one who works for another to learn his or her skill or trade. [3 definitions] |
| apprenticeship |
the process of working for another to learn that person's skill or trade, or the act of becoming engaged in this way. |
| apprise |
to inform (often fol. by of). |
| apprize |
variant of apprise. |
| approach |
to come or go near to. [9 definitions] |
| approachable |
available to others; easily approached. |
| approbation |
approval; praise. [2 definitions] |
| appropriate |
fitting the practical or social requirements of the situation; seemly; suitable. [3 definitions] |
| appropriation |
the act of appropriating, or something appropriated. [2 definitions] |
| approval |
the act of approving. [2 definitions] |
| approve |
to give official sanction to. [3 definitions] |
| approx. |
abbreviation of "approximate" or "approximately." |
| approximate |
very close in accuracy; nearly exact or correct. [6 definitions] |
| approximately |
close to, in the area of. |