act
an instrument in writing to verify facts, as an act of parliament; a decision in writing made by a legislative body stating that a thing has been said, done or agreed, called a statute; signifies the result of a public deliberation of a legislative body; an Act is a Bill

ad nauseam
to a sickening excessive degree; towards mental boredom

adequate, adequateness, adequately
sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need

adept
highly skilled; an expert

adjudicate, adjudicated, adjudicating, adjudicates, adjudication
adjudicator, adjudicative
to hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure; to study and settle a dispute or controversy (had to ask the school principal to adjudicate the quarrel).

agent
one that acts or has the power or authority to act; one empowered to act for or represent another (an author's agent; an insurance agent; a musician's agent); a means by which something is done or caused; instrument; a force or substance that causes a change (a chemical agent); a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government: an FBI agent; a spy

aka.or.a.k.a. 
abbreviation for 'also known as'

akin
having a similar quality or character; of the same kin; related by blood; analogous

alas
used to express sorrow, regret, grief, compassion, or apprehension of danger or evil

Alberta


allegiance, allegiant
loyalty or the obligation of loyalty, as to a nation, sovereign or cause

altercation, altercate, altercated, altercating, altercates
a vehement quarrel; to argue or dispute vehemently; wrangle

amend, amended, amending, amends
to change for the better; improve (amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive); to remove the faults or errors in; correct; to alter (a legislative measure, for example) formally by adding, deleting, or rephrasing; to better one's conduct; reform

amendment
the act of changing for the better; improvement (society may sometimes show signs of repentance and amendment); a correction or an alteration, as in a manuscript; a formal revision of, addition to, or change, as in a bill or a constitution; a statement of such a change

American Revolution (1775-1783)
conflict between 13 British colonies (*) in North America and their parent country, Great Britain. It was made up of two related events: the American War of Independence (1775-1783) and the formation of the American government as laid out by the Constitution of the United States in 1787. First, the war achieved independence from Great Britain by the 13 colonies in America (the Treaty of Paris recognized this). Second,the newly created United States of America established a republican form of government, in which.power resided with the people. 
    Virginia, for a while, remained loyal to the king of England, but finally had enough of British tactics..Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

annex, annexed, annexing, annexes, annexation, annexationism
annexationist, annexational
to append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing; to incorporate territory into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county or city; to add or attach, as an attribute, a condition or a consequence; a building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary building situated near a main one; an addition, such as an appendix, that is made to a record or other document

anomaly, anomalies
departure from the regular arrangement, general rule or usual method; abnormality
anomalous
deviating from the regular arrangement
anomalistic
of an anomaly; tending to be anomalous
anomalism
an anomaly; the state of being anomalous

arbitrary, arbitrariness
determined by chance, whim, or impulse and not by necessity, reason or principle; based on or subject to individual judgment or preference; not limited by law; capricious, whimsical

arbitration
the process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent or statutory provision

argue, argued, arguing, arguer, argument
to give reasons for or against something; reason; to contend or disagree in words; dispute; to give evidence of; indicate; to consider the pros and cons of; discuss; to prove or try to prove by giving reasons; maintain; to persuade by giving reasons; induce; discuss; a discussion in which disagreement is expressed; a debate; a quarrel; a dispute; a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood (presented a careful argument for confederation) ; a fact or statement put forth as proof or evidence; a reason: (the current low mortgage rates are an argument for buying a house now)

arrogant, arrogantly
marked by or arising from arrogance (an arrogant contempt for the weak); proud; making or disposed to make claims to unwarranted importance or consideration out of overbearing pride; 

arrogate, arrogated, arrogating, arrogates, arrogation, arrogative, arrogator
to take or claim, without right; to ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner; appropriate.(a country's administration having arrogated power, consequently producing a dictatorship); impose; to claim or seize without justification; to make undue claims to having; assume; to claim on behalf of another

ascribe, ascribed, ascribing, ascribes
to regard as belonging as a quality or attribute; to assign as a quality or characteristic; implies assignment to someone of something that may reasonably be deduced; to impute, attribute

assent, assented, assenting, assent, assentor.or.assenter, assentingly, assentive, assentiveness
to agree to something especially after thoughtful consideration; concur; agreement; concurrence (reached assent on a course of action); acquiescence; consent (gave my assent to the plan); consent, accede, acquiesce, agree, subscribe

assume, assumed, assuming, assumes, assumably, assumer
to take upon oneself; usurp (assume control); to seize; to take for granted; to affect the appearance or possession of; feign; presume; suppose (supposed that the dictatorship was legal); to put on

attribute, attributable, attribution, attributional, attributed, attributing, attributes, attributable
an inherent characteristic (she has the attributes {love, kindness, persistence} of her mother); a quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something, a characteristic belonging to a specific person, thing, or office; the act of attributing, especially of establishing a particular person, place, or time as the creator, provenance, or era of a work of art; something, such as a quality or characteristic, that is related to a particular possessor; an attribute; to relate to a particular cause or source; ascribe; to regard as the work of a specified agent or creator (attributed the painting to Titian); a quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something; imputed, ascribed

attribution, attributer.or.attributor, attributional
the act of attributing, especially of establishing a particular person, place, or time as the creator, provenance, or era of a work of art; something, such as a quality or characteristic, that is related to a particular possessor; an attribute

authentic, authentically
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief (an authentic account by an eyewitness); having a claimed and verifiable origin or authorship; not counterfeit or copied (an authentic medieval sword); bona fide, genuine, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable
the central meaning shared by these adjectives is 'not counterfeit or copied' (an authentic painting; a bona fide transfer of property; genuine crabmeat; a real diamond; true courage)
authenticity
trustworthy, reliable; authentic

autocrat, autocratic.or.autocratical, autocratically
a dictator; a ruler or ruling group (Communism) having unlimited power; a despot.(a person with unlimited power or authority (a corporate autocrat); ruling by oneself; 

autonomous, autonomy, autonomic, autonomously
self governing; independent; functioning as an independent organism; self directed, self controlled; a Commonwealth

auxiliary, auxiliary, auxiliaries
giving assistance or support; helping; acting as a subsidiary; supplementary (the main library and its auxiliary branches); held in or used as a reserve (auxiliary troops, an auxiliary power generator); equipped with a motor as well as sails; an individual or a group that assists or functions in a supporting capacity (a volunteers' auxiliary at a hospital)

agenda, agendas
a list or program of things to be done or considered; plural of agendum
agendum.noun,.plural.agenda also agendums
something to be done, especially an item on a program or list; which word to use? agenda, diary, schedule, timetable or itinerary; a book with a space for each day where you write down things that you have to do in the future is called a diary or a datebook, not an agenda; you may also have a calendar on your desk or hanging up in your room, where you write down your appointments; a diary or a journal is also the record that some people keep of what has happened during the day; in your schedule is a plan that lists all the work that you have to do and when you must do each thing; a timetable is a list showing the fixed times at which events will happen (a bus/train timetable), these events may occur on a schedule you have determined; an itinerary is a plan of a journey, including the route and the places you visit.