ascription, n. attribution, imputation.

ashamed, a. abashed, confused, mortified, disconcerted. Antonyms: unashamed, brazen-faced.

ashes, n. pl. cinders; lapilli. a.s.sociated Words: ashery, mortuary urn, spodomancy, leach.

ashes of barilla. pulverine.

ashy, a. ashen, cineraceous, cineritious, cinereous.

Asia, n. a.s.sociated Words: Asiatic, Asiaticism, Eurasian, Eurasiatic, Asian.

ask, v. inquire, question, interrogate, quiz, catechize; request, solicit, pet.i.tion, supplicate, entreat, desire, beg, seek, beseech, crave, implore, importune, dun, apply; require, demand, expect, challenge, exact, claim; invite, bid.

askance, adv. sidewise, obliquely, askant, askew, asquint.

asker, n. pet.i.tioner, inquirer, questioner, solicitor, solicitant, suitor, supplicant, postulant.

askew, adv. awry, askance, asquint, obliquely, sidewise, askant.

asking, n. pet.i.tion, solicitation, inquiry, quiz, interrogation, question, instance, entreaty, supplication, request, importunity, application, imploration, invitation.

aslant, adv. obliquely.

aspect, n. appearance, look; view, scene, prospect; position, posture.

aspiring, a. ambitious, emulous, aspirant.

asquint, adv. obliquely, awry, askance, askew.

a.s.s, n. donkey, jacka.s.s. a.s.sociated Word: bray.

a.s.sail, v. attack, a.s.sault, oppugn; asperse, defame, vilify, malign.

a.s.sailant, n. a.s.sailer, aggressor, a.s.saulter, antagonist.

a.s.sault, n. onset, onslaught, charge, aggression, a.s.sailing, invasion, incursion.

a.s.sault, v. attack, a.s.sail.

a.s.saulter, n. a.s.sailant.

a.s.say, n. a.s.sociated Words: docimology, docimacy, docimastic.

a.s.semble, v. convene, congregate, gather, meet; muster, convoke.

a.s.sembly, n. concourse, congregation, a.s.semblage, meeting; convention, convocation, congress, synod, diet, council, caucus, consistory, conclave, conventicle, conference; galaxy.

a.s.sent, n. consent, agreement, acquiescence, concurrence; placet.

Antonyms: dissent, declension.

a.s.sent, v. concur, acquiesce, concede, yield, consent. Antonyms: dissent, refuse.

a.s.sert, v. affirm, state, say, aver, predicate, a.s.severate, maintain, declare.

a.s.sertion, n. affirmation, statement, declaration, averment

a.s.sertive, a. positive, peremptory, declaratory, affirmative

a.s.sets, n. pl. resources, property, effects, possessions.

a.s.siduity, n. sedulity, diligence, sedulousness, perseverance

a.s.siduous, a. sedulous, diligent, persistent, industrious, unremitting.

a.s.sign, v. allot, apportion, appoint; transfer, make over, convey: advance, adduce, specify.

a.s.signment, n. transfer, conveyance; apportionment, appointment, allotment, allocation, emplacement; determination specification, adducing.

a.s.sish, a. asinine.

a.s.sishness, n. asininity.

a.s.sist, v. abet, cooperate with, aid. See help.

a.s.sistance, n. aid, succor, relief, cooperation, reinforcement, collaboration, subservience.

a.s.sistant, a. helping, auxiliary, subsidiary, cooperating, adjuvant.

a.s.sistant, n. helper, auxiliary, aider, cooperator, collaborator, coadjutor; abettor, aid, accessory, ally, adjuvant, adjunct, confrere, accomplice, confederate, subsidiary.

a.s.sisting, a. auxiliary, subsidiary, a.s.sistant.

a.s.sociate, v. join, connect, affiliate; fraternize, consort, hobn.o.b.

a.s.sociate, n. companion, intimate, mate, fellow, consort, comrade, yoke-fellow, chum, crony, compeer; colleague, confrere, partner, collaborator, cooperator.

a.s.sociation, n. affiliation, connection, intimacy, conjunction, combination, partic.i.p.ation, collaboration, collusion, cooperation, coadjuvancy; fraternity, sodality, syndicate, confraternity, league, corporation, guild. Antonyms: disa.s.sociation, disconnection.

a.s.sume, v. undertake; presume, presuppose, postulate, take for granted; arrogate, appropriate; affect, simulate, pretend, feign.

a.s.sumed, a. supposed, postulated; make-believe, pretended, feigned.

a.s.suming, a. pretentious, presumptuous.

a.s.surance, n. surety, promise; confidence, conviction, a.s.suredness; effrontery, audacity, impudence; insurance.

astonish, v. amaze, stagger, astound, overwhelm, flabbergast (Jocular).