above his fortune (for'toon), more than he can afford
absolutely (ab'so-loot-ly), positively
absurd inventions (ab-surd' in-ven'shuns), made-up stories not believable
abyes (a-bis'), a space so deep as not to be easily measured
accompany (ac-com'pa-ny), go with
accosted (ac-cost'ed), spoken to
accoutered (ac-cout'ered), dressed
accumulating (ac-cu'mu-lat-ing), piling up
acquainted (ac-quaint'ed), friendly with each other
adage (ad'age), a saying