"A" is the First Letter Trivia Quiz

Answer: AMEND

A + mend = Amend

Mend means to fix, to repair, to reform.

Amend means to change, modify, increase or reduce a text. For example: the directors always amend the document proposed by the employees.

Answer: ANOMIA

A + nomia = Anomia

Nomia is a genus of bee.

Anomia is a brain disorder characterized by the fact that the patient recognizes something or someone but is unable to name it. The word consists of two words of Latin origin: "a", which means "without" and "nomen" which means "name".

Answer: ATOLL

A + toll = Atoll

Toll is a fee paid for using a service.

Atoll is a coral reef, usually in the shape of a ring, or a group of very close small coral islands that surround a shallow lagoon. In general they are characterized by low elevations, limited land area and few sources of fresh water with high vulnerability to natural disasters, which is why they are not considered a very good place to live.

The Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, became well known for being used by the United States as a location for atomic explosions in the period 1946-1958.

Answer: AVOID

A + void = Avoid

Void means not occupied, empty, having no validity.

Avoid means to stay away from, to refrain from doing something, etc. An example of using the word avoid is: My doctor gave me instructions on how to avoid asthma attacks.

Answer: AVERSE

A + verse = Averse

Verse can refers to a line of poetry and can also means to be familiar with a subject.

The word averse is an adjective that expresses a feeling of strong disgust, antipathy, opposition. For example: I'm averse to very long air trips.

Answer: ABASE

A + base = Abase

Base is the support of something, a fundamental principle, the lowest part.

Abase means to degrade, humiliate, to mortify, to lower in the rank. For example: He tried to abase me by making fun about my book.

Answer: AWARD

A + ward = Award

Ward has several meanings like a division in a hospital or in a city, a person who was under protection of other. Ward is also a suffix with a temporal or spatial connotation such as in backward, afterward.

An award is a prize, or a distinction, given to a recipient in recognition of his excellence in some area or field. There are numerous types of awards. One of the most wanted prizes in the world is the Nobel Prize, which consists of a medal, a diploma and a sum of money.

Answer: AFOOT

A + foot = Afoot

Foot is also a unit of length equivalent to 12 inches.

Afoot means walking, on foot, in circulation, in progress, happening. For example: We all knew that something bad was afoot.

Answer: AGATE

A + gate = Agate

Gate can be the structure that gives access to an area. There are very famous gates in the world, among them are the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin, Germany), Gateway of India (Mumbai, India) and Meridian Gate (Beijing, China).

Agate is a very common rock formation whose main component is chalcedony and quartz with a wide variety of colors. They are commonly used as decoration and jewelry.

Answer: ADUST

A + dust = Adust

Dust is small dry particles of disintegrated material. The word can be used to define something worthless. This word was immortalized in the voice of Nat King Cole, who recorded the song 'Star Dust', by composer Carmichael, on his album 'Love is the Thing' in 1957.

Adust mean scorched, burned, brunet, brunette, darkened by heat. Adust derives from the Latin word "adustus" which means "to burn" and, in the early 15th century, was used in the medical field related to bodily humors (black bile, blood, phlegm, yellow bile) believed to be responsible for health and temperament of people. The adust black bile in particular would be the source of melancholy; hence the association of the word with gloomy and melancholy disposition.