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Please list your words in alphabetical order (include definition) beneath the letter. Make sure that you click on Save in the upper right-hand corner after you have written your information. =**__Words that begin with the letter A__**=
 * __Acerbic-__** 205, In Gorging, Truth. (Adjective) sour or astringent in taste. " The Federation's critics are easy to find, having left a trail of acerbic, disapproving quotes in thousands of newspaper and wire stories about competitive eating."
 * __Acrylic__-** 134, Cuteness. (adjective). of, derived from, or concerned with acrylic acid. "She stands in maroon bloomers and a pink dress that flares tantalizingly above two acrylic legs that descend, unvaried in diameter, all the way down to her gout-striken ankles crammed into the booties. [] ( Berns)
 * __Accouterments__**- Page 101, //Unspeakable Conversations.//(Noun) personal clothing, accessories, etc. "..the cart with the big trashcan and all the accouterments is rolled aside so I can get in." [] (Atwell)


 * __Advocate__**: Page 123, //Frames of Reference.//(Noun) a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor. "If the militant advocates helped to frame for their generation the racial consequences of a natural and economic disaster, the media was critical in framing perceptions of people and events surrounding the catastrophe." [] (Bunch)

__**Anencephaly**__- Page 102, //Unspeakable Conversations//. (Noun) congenital absence of part or all of the brain. "Likewise, the students' inquiries are abstract and fairly predictable: anencephaly perment unconsciousness..." [] (Atwell)


 * __Amnesty-__** Page 111, //Wathcing Torture in Primetime.// (Noun) A general pardon for offenses. "These multiple meanings suggest why both Amnesty International and the consevative magazine //National Review// have praised 24." [] (Barker)

__**Anthropomorphic-**__ Page 139, Cuteness. (Adj.) Ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, especially to a deity. "One of the things we find cutest in the behavior of our children is their presistence in mimicking us, not only in such time-honored traditons as dress-up (the anthropomorphic version of which is played out obsessively in children's literature) but in that most basic form of childn'ts play, mothering, whether it be a of a doll or of a family pet." [] (Stanton)

__**Antiscorbutic**__: Pg. 41 //How we Believe//. (adj.) Preventing or curing scurvy. "To provide men with antiscorbutics while on campaign, they pickled everything that would pickle, from onions to potatoes to artichokes. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/antiscorbutic (Cameron Gretzinger)


 * __Attest-__** Page 86, //Seeing is Believing?// (verb) To bear whitness to; certify "As anyone who has seen even an episode or two can attest, very clear but unspoken rules dictate the ways we are and are not supposed to watch reality television." [] (Barker)


 * __Aspire__**- Page 87, //Seeing is Believing?// (verb) To long, [|aim], or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value. "...what we should aspire to or to emulate and what we should spurn." [] (Harpe)

**__Angst__:** Page 99, //Unspeakable Conversations//. (Noun) a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish. "None of this is a secret: none of it cause for angst." [] (Estes)

__** Ambulatory: **__ page 139, Cuteness.(adjective) adapted for walking."meeting a barely ambulatory two year old," __[]__ (Bryan)