Chapter Apportion to Ardor of A by Soule's Synonymes

Apt, a.

1. Apposite, pertinent, suitable, fit, fitting, meet, befitting, germane, applicable, appropriate, felicitous, apropos, to the point, to the purpose.

2. Inclined, liable, prone, disposed.

3. Quick, sharp, ready, prompt, expert, dexterous, able, clever, happy, adroit, handy, skilful.

Aptitude, n.

1. Turn, disposition, genius, gift, knack, endowment, talent, faculty, capacity, capableness, tendency, inclination, bent, bias, proclivity, proneness, propensity, forte, aptness.

2. Readiness (at learning), quickness, cleverness, ability, aptness.

Aptness, n.

1. Fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, appositeness, pertinence, pertinency, point, pointedness, felicity, felicitousness, adaptation, applicability.

2. Turn, tendency, inclination. See aptitude, 1.

3. Quickness, readiness, expertness, skill, facility, knack, adroitness, tact, address, ability, happy faculty.

Aqua-fortis, n. [L.] Nitric acid (somewhat diluted), spirit of nitre.

Aqua-regia, n. [L.] Nitro-muriatic acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid.

Aquarius, n. (Astron.) The Water-bearer, The Waterman.

Aquatic, a. On or in the water, water (as water vegetation).

Aqueous, a. Watery, waterish, moist, wet, humid, damp.

Aquiline, a. Hooked, (like an eagle’s beak; applied especially to the nose), bent, curved, curving, hooked.

Arab, n.

1. Arabian, Saracen, Moor.

2. Street Arab, gamin, hoodlum.

Arabesque, a. Moorish, moresque.

Arabian, a. Arabic, Arab, Saracenic, Moorish.