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a²	one; used to introduce one particular thing or person of a group or kind, but one which is not known to the listener or is not important to identify. [1/3 definitions]
absent without leave	absent without permission from assigned military duty, but not necessarily with the intention of deserting; AWOL.
abstract	depicting reality not as it appears to the senses of most people but in the way that an individual interprets it or wishes to suggest it; nonrepresentational. [1/13 definitions]
abstract expressionism	(sometimes cap.) a school of painting that arose after World War II and that was marked by expressive but nonrepresentational images formed by an apparently random and often unconventional application of paint.
accessory	a person who helps another person break the law but does not actually commit the crime. [1/2 definitions]
account	an arrangement wherein a bank or other financial institution holds a customer's deposited funds so that the funds are safe but can be accessed at any time by the customer, or the conception of this arrangement as a container for the funds that are kept. [1/16 definitions]
acetaminophen	a drug used to relieve pain and reduce fever but which does not significantly reduce inflammation.
acquaintance	a person one has met but does not know well. [1/2 definitions]
acronym	a type of abbreviation used as a word and pronounced as a word. An acronym is formed by combining the initial letters (or initial parts) of a string of words. The pronunciation of an acronym is based on the typical rules of pronouncing words in a language and is not made up of the sounds of the names of individual letters. The abbreviations "AIDS," "FICA," and "PIN" are acronyms, but the abbreviations "FBI," ATM," and "DVD" are not.
adjunct	something joined to another thing but not an integral part of it; supplement; accessory. [2/4 definitions]
admonish	to find fault with or correct in a mild but firm way. [1/2 definitions]
admonition	a mild but serious warning, correcting, or urging. [1/3 definitions]
adversative	an adversative word or phrase, such as "but" or "on the contrary". [1/2 definitions]
agouti	any of several related nocturnal, burrowing rodents found in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere that are about the size of a rabbit but have short ears and grizzled fur.
ale	an alcoholic drink that is like beer but more bitter.
Alger Hiss	a lawyer and U.S. public official accused in 1948 of having acted as a Communist spy in the 1930s. Convicted in 1950 on counts of perjury related to the investigation, Hiss was sentenced to five years in prison but maintained his innocence until his death (b.1904--d.1996).
alien	a living being from another planet; extraterrestrial. There is no evidence that aliens exist, but many people believe there is life on other planets. [1/5 definitions]
a little	sometimes, but not very often. [1/3 definitions]
alkali metal	any of a group of highly reactive chemical elements, such as sodium and potassium, that are typically univalent cations forming various compounds, but that can be isolated as soft, low-density metals.
allegretto	light, graceful, and quick in tempo, but slower than allegro (used as a musical direction). [1/2 definitions]
alligator	a large reptile with short legs, a long body and tail, and a long, wide snout. Alligators are protected by thick skin with many hard bumps. They live in rivers, lakes, swamps, and other bodies of water in the southeast United States and in China. They usually eat insects, fish, turtles, snakes, birds, and other water animals, but have been known to attack small land mammals. They are closely related to crocodiles. Chinese alligators are endangered because their habitat is being changed by people.

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