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Amnesty

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An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

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Amiable

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Friendly

Agreeable

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Amoral

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Lacking a sense of right and wrong
Neither good nor bad
Without moral feelings

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Amorous

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Feeling in love, especially in a sexual sense

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

Bloblike

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time or history

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Analogy

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A comparison of one thing to another

Similarity

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Anarchy

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Absence of government or control
Lawlessness
Disorder

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Anecdote

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A short account of a humorous or revealing situation

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Anguish

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Agonizing physical or emotional pain

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Animosity

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Resentment
Hostility
Ill-will

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Anomaly

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Aberration
Irregularity
Deviation

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Antecedent

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Someone or something that went before

Something that provides a model for something that came after it.

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Antipathy

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Firm dislike

A dislike

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Antithesis

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The direct opposite

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Aprtheid

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The former policy of racial segregation and separation in the Republic of South Africa

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Apathy

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Lack if interest

Lack of feeling

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Aphorism

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A brief, witty saying

Proverb

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Apocalypse

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Prophetic revelation, especially considering the end of the world

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Apocryphal

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Of dubious authenticity
Fictitious
Spurious

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Apotheosis

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Elevation to divine status

Epitome

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Appease

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To soothe

To pacify by giving into

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Appreciate

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To increase on value

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Apprehensive

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Worried

Anxious

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Approbation

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Approval

Praise

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Appropriate

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To take without permission

To set aside for a particular use

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Aptitude

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Capacity for learning

Natural ability

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Arbiter

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One who decides

A judge

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Arbitrary

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Random

Capricious

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Arcane

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Mysterious

Know only by a select few

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Archaic

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Extremely old
Ancient
Outdated