6 Letter Words That Start With A

ardent

Adjective : Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.

Adjective : (literary) Providing light or heat.

acedia

Noun : Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.

Noun : Spiritual or mental sloth.

Noun : Boredom; a melancholy leading to desperation.

accede

Verb : (intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.

Verb : (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

Verb : (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).

aspect

Noun : Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

Noun : The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

Noun : The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

apathy

Noun : Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

alcove

Noun : (architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

Noun : A shady retreat.

Noun : (countable) The geographical and geological term for a steep-sided hollow in the side of an exposed rock face or cliff of a homogeneous rock type, that was water eroded.

aghast

Adjective : Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.

assert

Verb : To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

Verb : To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.

Verb : (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

astute

Adjective : Shrewd or crafty.

Adjective : Quickly and critically discerning.

artful

Adjective : Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.

Adjective : Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.

Adjective : (especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.

ambled

Noun : An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

Verb : (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

Noun : An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

affirm

Verb : To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.

Verb : To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

Verb : To support or encourage.

animus

Noun : The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.

Noun : A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.

Noun : (law) Intention, motivation (of a legal person).

adroit

Adjective : deft, dexterous, or skillful

abject

Adjective : Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.

Adjective : Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.

Adjective : (by extension) (chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.

appall

Verb : (transitive) To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength

accord

Noun : Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.

Noun : Agreement or harmony of things in general.

Verb : (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.

acumen

Noun : Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.

Noun : (botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.

Noun : (anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.

arrant

Adjective : (chiefly with a negative connotation, dated) Complete; downright; utter.

Adjective : (by extension, dated) Very bad; despicable.

Noun : A surname.

august

Adjective : Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.

Adjective : Of noble birth.

Verb : (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.

assure

Verb : (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.

Verb : (transitive) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). [with that; or with of]

Verb : (transitive) To reassure.

acuity

Noun : (figurative) The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.

Noun : Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

attain

Verb : (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).

Verb : (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

Verb : (intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.

allure

Noun : The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

Verb : (transitive) To entice; to attract.

Noun : The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

affray

Noun : The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.

Noun : A tumultuous assault or quarrel.

Noun : The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.

archon

Noun : A ruler, head of state or other leader.

Noun : A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.

Noun : A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.

assess

Verb : (transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

Verb : (transitive) To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.

Verb : (transitive) To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.

assail

Verb : (transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

anchor

Noun : (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

Noun : (nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).

Noun : (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

affect

Verb : (transitive) To influence or alter.

Verb : (transitive) To move to emotion.

Noun : (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.

action

Noun : The effort of performing or doing something.

Noun : Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.

Noun : A way of motion or functioning.

assist

Verb : To help.

Noun : A helpful action or an act of giving.

Verb : (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

affair

Noun : An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).

Noun : An otherwise illicit romantic relationship, such as with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).

Noun : A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

assent

Verb : (intransitive) To agree to a proposal.

Noun : Agreement; act of agreeing.

Noun : (countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.

arouse

Verb : (transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.

Verb : (transitive) To sexually stimulate.

Verb : (transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.

acuate

Adjective : Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

absurd

Adjective : Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.

Adjective : Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.

Noun : (philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.

ablaze

Adjective : Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.

Verb : On fire; in a blaze.

Adjective : Radiant with bright light and color.

assage

Noun : (slang, humorous) Ass, in the sense of buttocks, and in related idioms.

adjure

Verb : (transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly.

Verb : (transitive, often law) To issue a formal command.

addled

Adjective : (figurative, of persons or their thoughts) Confused; mixed up.

Adjective : (of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.

Adjective : (obsolete) Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.

amidst

active

Adjective : Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.

Adjective : In action; actually proceeding; working; in force

Adjective : Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy

agency

Noun : An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.

Noun : A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.

Noun : The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.

attend

Verb : Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.

Verb : (transitive) To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).

Verb : (transitive) To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort.

allude

Verb : (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

albeit

ardour

Noun : British, Canada, and Australia spelling of ardor.

atrium

Noun : (anatomy) An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.

Noun : (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

Noun : (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

abjure

Verb : (transitive) To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.

Verb : (intransitive) To solemnly reject; to abandon forever.

Verb : (transitive) (historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.

argent

Adjective : Of silver or silver-coloured.

Noun : (heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Adjective : (heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

augury

Noun : (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.

Noun : An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

Noun : A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.

anomic

Adjective : (sociology) Socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated.

Adjective : (neurology) Characterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names).

accite

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To summon.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To cite, quote.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To excite, to induce.

ad hoc

Adjective : For a particular purpose.

Adjective : Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.

Verb : On the spur of the moment.

advise

Verb : (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

Verb : (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.

Verb : (transitive) To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel. [with of ‘what is communicated’]

aweary

Adjective : (poetic) Weary, tired.

argute

Adjective : (literary) Sharp; perceptive; shrewd.

Adjective : (literary) Shrill in sound.

arrest

Noun : (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

Verb : (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

Noun : A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

abrade

Verb : (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.

Verb : (transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.

Verb : (transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe.

adhere

Verb : (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

arcane

Adjective : Understood by only a few.

Adjective : (by extension) Obscure, mysterious.

Adjective : Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.

amoral

Adjective : (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

Adjective : (of acts) Done without consideration for morality or immorality.

agnize

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To recognise; to acknowledge.

appeal

Noun : A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.

Noun : (figuratively) A power to attract or interest.

Verb : (intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.

apogee

Noun : (figuratively) The highest point.

Noun : (astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.

Noun : (astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.

absorb

Verb : (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

Verb : (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

Verb : (intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.

allege

Verb : (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

Verb : (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.

Verb : (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.

alight

Verb : To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.

Adjective : Burning, lit, on fire.

Verb : To cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.

analog

Adjective : Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.

Adjective : (of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).

Noun : (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.

answer

Noun : A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.

Noun : A solution to a problem.

Noun : (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.

accept

Verb : (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.

Verb : (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.

Verb : (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

aurora

Noun : An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.

Noun : The dawn or early morning light itself; the first light of day.

Noun : The Roman goddess of the dawn, equivalent to the Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs).

accent

Noun : (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

Noun : (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.

Noun : (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.

astral

Adjective : Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.

Adjective : (parapsychology, theosophy, fantasy) Composed of ethereal material or non-physical (sometimes supersensible), and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body (as an astral body) to travel to other places or to other realms of existence (in or via the astral plane).

Adjective : (biology) Relating to an aster.

abrupt

Adjective : Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

Adjective : Curt in manner.

Adjective : Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.

aplomb

Noun : Self-confidence; poise; composure.

Noun : (ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.

Noun : The perpendicular; perpendicularity.

aether

Noun : (Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of light, brother-husband of Hemera and grandson of Chaos.

Noun : Alternative spelling of ether. [(uncountable, literary or poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.]

aflame

Adjective : In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it.

Adjective : Having the colour of flames.

Adjective : Showing anger or contempt.

attest

Verb : (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.

Verb : (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.

Verb : (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.

absent

Adjective : (not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.

Adjective : (not comparable) Not existing.

Adjective : (comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.

advert

Noun : (British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.

Verb : (intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to).

Verb : (intransitive) To call attention, refer (to).

agnate

Noun : A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.

Noun : Any paternal male relative.

Adjective : Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.

ailing

Adjective : Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

Noun : An ailment.

avidly

Verb : In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.

aidant

Noun : (rare) One who or that which aids; a helper.

Adjective : (obsolete) helpful, assisting

aponia

Noun : (philosophy) The absence of pain considered as a state of spiritual serenity

avatar

Noun : (Internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

Noun : (Internet, video games) A simple and static or nearly static digital representation of a person or being in the form of a small digital object, used online as a simulacrum or token of a person or that person's online alter ego, in any digital environment but especially in nonvirtual, nonmetaversal ones.

Noun : The embodiment of an idea or concept; an instantiation, especially a personification or incarnation.

animal

Noun : (sciences) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).

Noun : (loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.

Noun : A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird.

advent

Noun : Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.

Verb : To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.

Noun : (Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

adjust

Verb : (transitive) To modify.

Verb : (transitive) To improve or rectify.

Verb : (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

appear

Verb : (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

Verb : (intransitive) To come before the public.

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

acquit

Verb : (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

Verb : (transitive) to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. [with of or (formerly) from]

Verb : (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

afraid

Adjective : Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

Adjective : Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). [with for]

Adjective : Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. [with that (+ clause) or clause; or with so or not]

awning

Noun : A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

Noun : (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

accost

Verb : (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

Verb : (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.

Verb : (transitive) To solicit sexually.

awaken

Verb : (intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to become awake.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.

adytum

Noun : (Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.

Noun : (by extension) A private chamber; a sanctum.

attack

Noun : An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.

Noun : An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

Noun : (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.

advice

Noun : (uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

Noun : (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.

Noun : (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange

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