frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

getting along. 6 ask for. a invite, attract, encourage,
provoke: You're asking for trouble if you walk alone through
that neighbourhood after dark. b request, seek: We asked for
more time to finish the project.
aspect n. 1 viewpoint, point of view, position, standpoint, side:
Looked at from a different aspect, the problem did not seem
insurmountable after all. 2 complexion, light, angle,
interpretation, mien, face: His conviction for robbery put a
different aspect on hiring him as a security guard. 3 exposure,
prospect, outlook, orientation: The western aspect of the room
made it sunny in the afternoons. 4 side, feature, attribute,
characteristic, quality, detail, angle, facet, manifestation,
element, circumstance: There are many aspects of Buddhism that
you do not understand.
aspersion n. slander, libel, false insinuation, calumny, imputation,
allegation, detraction, slur, obloquy, defamation,
disparagement: He resented my casting aspersions on the
legitimacy of his birth.
aspiration
n. desire, longing, yearning, craving, hankering, wish, dream,
hope; ambition, aim, goal, objective, purpose, intention, plan,
scheme, plot: It was his lifelong aspiration to marry someone
with money.
aspire v. aspire to. desire, hope, long, wish, aim, yearn; dream of:
I'd never aspire to anything higher. He still aspired to being a
full professor.
assailant n. attacker, assaulter, mugger: My assailant threatened me
with a knife.
assault n. 1 attack, onslaught, onset, charge, offensive, blitzkrieg,
blitz, strike, raid, incursion, sortie; aggression, invasion:
At dawn we launched the assault on the fort. 2 beating,
battering, hold-up, mugging; rape, violation, molestation; Law
battery: The defendant is accused of assault.
--v. 3 attack, assail, set or fall upon, pounce upon, storm,
beset, charge, rush, lay into: The elderly couple were
assaulted near their home. 4 rape, violate, molest: Three