Arrogant, a. Haughty, proud, supercilious, lordly, disdainful, contumelious, cavalier, overbearing, overweening, assuming, magisterial, dogmatic, imperious, important, swelling, blustering, big, high, lofty, stately, self-conceited, self-sufficient, uppish.

Arrogate, v. a. Assume, usurp, claim unduly, make unjust pretensions to.

Arrow, n. Dart, shaft, bolt.

Arrow-headed, a. Wedge-shaped, cuneiform.

Arsenal, n. Armory, magazine of arms, repository of military stores.

Arsenic, n. Arsenious acid.

Arsenious acid, Arsenic, rat's-bane, white arsenic, white oxide of arsenic.

Art, n. 1. Trade, craft, business, calling, employment, exercise of skill.

2. Skill, address, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, tact, aptitude, aptness, cleverness, ingenuity.

3. Cunning, astuteness, artfulness, shrewdness, artifice, deceit, subtlety, craftiness, craft, duplicity, wiliness, guile.

Artful, a. 1. Skilful, ingenious, dexterous.

2. Cunning, crafty, astute, shrewd, sharp, wily, sly, foxy, snaky, subtle, arch, insidious, designing, intriguing, politic, deceitful, trickish, tricky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

Article, n. 1. Part, portion, branch, member, clause, item, particular, count, point.

2. Term, stipulation, provision, condition, covenant.

3. Thing, substance, commodity.

4. (Gram.) Definitive adjective.

Articulate, a. 1. Jointed, articulated. 2. Distinctly uttered.

Articulate, v. a. Utter distinctly (as respects the elementary sounds), pronounce, enounce, speak.

Articulated, a. Jointed, articulate.

Articulation, n. 1. Distinct utterance.

2. Consonant.

3. Joint, juncture, hinge.

Artifice, n. Cunning, deceit, trickery, duplicity, guile, subtlety, finesse, stratagem, trick, subterfuge, wile, ruse, chance, dodge, doubling, Machiavelism, machination, deception, cheat, shuffle, fraud, imposture, imposition, double-dealing, collusion, hocus-pocus, crafty device, artful contrivance.

Artificer, n. Artist (not of the highest grade), manufacturer, superior artisan, skilful mechanic, tradesman.

Artificial, a. 1. Factitious, made by art, not natural.

2. Fictitious, feigned, counterfeited, sham, spurious.

3. Assumed, affected, forced, strained.

Artillery, n. Ordnance, cannon, enginery, great guns.

Artisan, n. Mechanic, handicraftsman, workman, laborer, operative.

Artist, n. 1. Designer, contriver, projector, adept, artificer, skilful person.

2. Painter, limner, sketcher.

3. Sculptor, carver, modeller.

Artistic, a. Skilful, masterly, workman-like.

Artistical, a. Skilful, masterly, workman-like.

Artless, a. 1. Ignorant, unlearned, untaught, unskilful, rude.

2. Inartificial, simple, natural, without marks of art.

3. Unaffected, plain, honest, frank, fair, open, candid, naive, guileless, sincere, true, unsophisticated, ingenuous, undesigning, truthful, honorable, single-minded, simple-hearted, simple-minded, open-hearted, straightforward.

As, ad. 1. In the manner that.

2. Like, similar to, for example, of the same kind with, in the same manner with.

3. Viewed like, taken in the character of, considered in the state of.

4. While, during the time that, at the same time that.

5. Because, since, for the reason that.

6. To the degree that, in the same proportion that.

7. Being of the kind which, being of the class who.

As far as, To the extent that, to the degree that.

Ascend, v. n. 1. Rise, arise, aspire, mount, soar, tower, climb, go up.

2. Go backward (in the order of time).

Ascend, v. a. climb, scale, get up, go up.

Ascendant, n. 1. Horoscope.

2. Superiority, predominance, ascendency, superior influence, controlling influence.

Ascendant, a. 1. Rising, above the horizon.

2. Superior, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, surpassing.

Ascendency, n. Power, authority, sway, control, superiority, government, masterly, masterdom, command, dominion, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, domination, predominance, controlling influence, advantage over, upper-hand.

Ascension, n. Rising, rise, ascent.

Ascent, n. 1. Rising, rise, ascension.

2. Acclivity, rising ground.

3. Elevation, height, eminence.