, annex, and

     ore

    , meaning wealth. Example, foreign nobles who marry American heiresses

     adore

    them.

     ADVICE

    A commodity peddled by your lawyer and given away by your mother-in-law, but impossible to dispose of yourself. Famous as the one thing which it is "More blessed to give than receive."

     GOOD ADVICE

    Something old men give young men when they can no longer give them a bad example.

     ADVERSITY

    A bottomless lake, surrounded by near-sighted friends.

     AFFINITY

    Complimentary term for your husband or your wife. Sometimes a synonym for "Your finish."

     AFTERTHOUGHT

    A tardy sense of prudence that prompts one to try to shut his mouth about the time he has put his foot in it.

     AGE

    Something to brag about in your wine-cellar and forget in a birth-day book The boast of an old vintage, the bug a boo of an old maid.

     ALCOHOL

    A liquid good for preserving almost everything except secrets.

    ALDERMAN

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