Arable
Tags & Description
Arable
Adj) fit for plowing and planting; suitable for clutivation
Arable other stuff
noun- arability antonym- arid
Apropos
Adj) fitting, suitable, relevant, apt
Arduous
Adj) difficult to do, laborious, onerous, using much energy, strenuous
Arduous other stuff
Adv- arduously Noun- arduousness From arduus- steep
Apocryphal
Adj) of doubtful authorship or authenticity, not genuine, counterfeit, spurious
Apocryphal other
Greek- apo meaning away kryplein- to hide
Ascetic
Adj) Spartan, self denying, austere, characteristics of an ascetic
Ascetic other
from askein- to train the body or to work, also ascetic noun a person who lives a life contemplation and self denial for religious reasons.
Atrophy
noun) a wasting away, especially of body tissue, a failure to develop
Atrophy other
Adj--atrophic also used as a verb in the same form atrophy from a--not trephein- to nourish
Auspicious
Adj) favorable, boding well for the future, favored by fortune, successful
Auspicious other
auspiciousness- noun
Bane
noun) a cause of ruin, worry, or destruction; a person or thing that ruins or spoils, a deadly poison
Bane other
From bhen-- to wound or to strike
Beleaguer
Verb) to beset, as with difficulties, to harass, to surround with troops besiege
Beleaguer other
be--by legeren-- camp
Autonomous
Adj) functioning independently without control of others; self-controlled
Autonomous other
autos-self nomos-law