Affinity (noun):

1. relationship by marriage
2. sympathy marked by community of interest; kinship
3. an attraction to or liking for something
4. an attractive force between substances or particles that causes them to enter into and remain in chemical combination
5. a person especially of the opposite sex having a particular attraction for one
6. likeness based on relationship or causal connection
7. a relation between biological groups involving resemblance in structural plan and indicating a common origin

Admonition (noun):

1. gentle or friendly reproof
2. counsel or warning against fault or oversight

Accretion (noun):

1. the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup
2. increase by external addition or accumulation (as by adhesion of external parts or particles)
3. the increase of land by the action of natural forces
4. product of accretion; especially; an extraneous addition

Accolade (noun):

1. a ceremonial embrace
2. a ceremony or salute conferring knighthood
3. a mark of acknowledgment; award
4. an expression of praise
5. brace or a line used in music to join two or more staffs carrying simultaneous parts

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Acarpous (adj): 

1. Not producing fruit; unfruitful

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Abysmal (adj):

1. having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward
2. immeasurably great; profound
3. immeasurably low or wretched
4. unfathomable

Note: The image is slightly off (being more accurate for “abyssal” — relating to the bottom waters of the ocean), but as I find the bottom of the ocean to be a bit unfathomable, I think it works

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Abut (verb):

1. to touch along a border or with a projecting part 
2. to terminate at a point of contact; to lean for support 

transitive verb 

1. to border on 
2. to cause to abut

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Abstruse (adj):

1. difficult to comprehend; recondite

Abscond (verb):

1. to depart secretly and hide oneself

Note: usually includes taking something or somebody along

Abrogate (verb):

1. to abolish by authoritative action; annul
2. to treat as nonexistent