Vocabulary for Adversaries, Affinity, and Ambiguity in English

adversary

an opponent

adverse

unfavorable; hostile

advocate

urge; plead for

aesthetic

artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful

affable

easily approachable; warmly friendly

affinity

natural liking; kinship; similarity

affirmation

positive assertion; confirmation

aggressor

attacker

alienate

make hostile; separate

alleviate

relieve

aloof

apart; reserved; standoffish

altruistic

unselfishly generous; concerned for others

ambiguous

unclear or doubtful in meaning

ambivalence

the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

ameliorate

improve; make more satisfactory

amend

correct; fix; change - generally for the better

amorphous

formless; lacking shape or definition

ample

abundant

analogy

similarity; parallelism; comparison

anarchist

person who seeks to overthrow the established government