Chapter Arduous to Articulate of A by Soule's Synonymes

Aridity, n.

1. Dryness, aridness, parchedness, siccity, want of moisture, sterility, barrenness, unfertility.

2. Dryness, want of interest, dulness, pointlessness, jejuneness, unsuggestiveness, barrenness, infecundity, sterility.

3. Dulness, insensibility, indifference, torpidity.

Aridness, n. See aridity.

Aright, ad. Rightly, without error or mistake.

Ariose, a. Melodious, of a melodious character, characterized by melody (as distinguished from harmony).

Arise, v. n.

1. Ascend, mount, soar, tower, go up.

2. Get up, get out of bed, leave one’s couch, start up, stand up, rise, rise from one’s seat.

3. Rise, appear, emerge, come in sight, come into view, present itself, show itself, discover itself, make its appearance, reveal itself, come to light.

4. Begin, originate, spring, spring up, be excited, come into action, come into existence or being, enter upon life.

5. Rise, rebel, revolt, rise in sedition, rise in force, violence, or with threatening.

6. Rise (from the dead), rise again, leave the tomb, come from the grave.

7. Accrue, result, proceed, issue, flow, follow, come, ensue, originate, be derived.

Aristate, a. (Bot.) Awned, bearded.

Aristocracy, n.

1. Government of nobles or a privileged order, rule of the higher classes.

2. Nobility, noblesse, gentry, peerage, body of nobles, the quality, persons of rank, nobility and gentry.

3. (Colloq.) Upper classes, upper ten thousand, upper ten.