Word Parts - a, an

One of the fastest ways to increase your vocabulary is by learning word parts, i.e., roots, prefixes, suffixes or forms.

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a-, an- : From Greek, prefix: no, absence, without, lack of, not

abiology - study of nonliving things; acausal - not causal or not having to do with a cause and effect; adermia - without skin; amicrobic - not microbic; anarchic - showing no respect for established laws, rules, institutions, or authority; atoxic - not toxic; aypnia - insomnia, sleeplessness; asymmetry - lack or absence of symmetry; asexual - having no sexual desire or interest, having no sex; that is, genderless (neither male nor female).

And for you:
atheist, asocial, abysmal, abyss, apnea, agnostic, anorexia, amoral, anesthesia, apathetic, aphobic, anandria.

Source: English-Word Information, Word Info About English Vocabulary