affluent <> needy    

impecunious <> wealthy / prosperous / affluent     

penury<> affluence

indigent <>affluent

agenda        n.议程 

a list or outline of things to be considered or done 

program : concert :: agenda : meeting     
repertoire : performance :: manifest : cargo :: agenda : meeting   

aggrandize    vt. 增加,夸大

to make appear great or greater : praise highly     

aggrandize <> disparage

aggravate     vt. 使恶化,使更严重加重 

to make worse, more serious, or more severe : intensify unpleasantly      

succor <> aggravate

ameliorate <>aggravate

aggregate     vt.vi. 聚集,集合,合计    

to collect or gather into a mass or whole    

coalesce <> disaggregate   

disaffected <> content 

aggrieve      vt. 使委屈,使苦恼,侵害   

to give pain or trouble to : DISTRESS  
aggrieve <>gratify   

agony         n. 极大的痛苦

intense pain of mind or body : ANGUISH, TORTURE 

agonized : distress :: obsessed : concern    

painful : agonizing :: important : paramount  

airtight      a. 密闭的,不透气的,无懈可击的     

airtight: loophole:: 

alacrity      n. 敏捷,轻快,乐意

promptness in response : cheerful readiness   
husbandry : dissipate :: alacrity : procrastinate    

alacrity <> dilatoriness / hesitance 

albino        n. 白公,白化病者,白化变种  (or albinism)  

an organism exhibiting deficient pigmentation 

albino : pigment :: prairie : tree     

alibi         n.托辞，借口，辩解   

an excuse usually intended to avert blame or punishment     

alibi:exculpatory::warning:admonishery

alibi : excuse ::??

align         v.定位，对齐，排成一行，结盟    

to bring into line or alignment    

aligned <> askew

awry <>orderly/aligned

allay         v. ①平息(愤怒等) ②缩小 

to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : ALLEVIATE       

allay <> increase the intensity of 

adversary <>ally

allegiance    n．忠诚，拥护 

devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause

authoritativeness:pundits ::allegiance:partisans 

allegory      n. 寓意；寓言 

the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence  allegory : fiction   

alleviate     v．缓和，减轻 RELIEVE, LESSEN   

abate : tax :: alleviate : distress    

alleviate <> exacerbate 

alliterate    v. 押头韵  

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables  

alliterate : remove :: blazon : efface    

allude        vi. 暗示,提及

to make indirect reference;  broadly   : REFER

allude <>mention explicitly

aloft         ad. 在高处,在上   

at or to a great height  

aloft<>affinity   

founder <> stay aloft    

grounded <> aloft 

aloof         a. 疏远的,冷淡的