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.