alleviate
to relieve, make more bearable
altruistic
unselfishly generous; concerned for others
ambiguous
unclear or doubtful in meaning
apathy
lack of caring
anarchist
person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
ambivalence
having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
ascendancy
controlling influence; domination
articulate
effective; distinct
arbitrary
capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
ascetic
practicing self-denial; austere
astute
wise; shrewd; keen
austere
forbiddingly stern; severely simple
autonomous
self-governing
belied
contradicted
benevolent
generous; charitable
brevity
conciseness
cajole
coax; wheedle
capricious
unpredictable; fickle