anecdote: (short story)
There are many anecdotes about President Clinton's sexual escapades.
anguish: (extreme mental distress)
The missing teen's parents are suffering tremendous anguish over the fate of their missing daughter.
anesthetic: (a drug that causes temporary lost of bodily sensation)
The invention of anesthetic gas greatly helps the doctors to perform the surgery.
apathy: (no interest)
His apathy to date any woman is a result of his previous unhappy marriage which ended in divorce.
apprise: (inform sb. of sth.)
Please keep me apprised of the progress of your study.
apropos: (appropriate)
The education of discipline is apropos to all the youngsters before they go to the college.
