Chapter 2 Flashcards
(31 cards)
Amnesty
An official pardon for a group of people who have voted a law or policy
Amiable
Friendly
Amoral
Lacking sense if right and wrong
Amorous
Feeling loving
Amorphous
Shapeless
Anachronism
Something out of place or time in history
Analogy
A comparison of one thing to another
Anarchy
A sense if government control
Anecdote
A short account of a humorous or revealing incident
Anguish
Aganizing physical or mental pain
Animosity
Resentment
Anomaly
An aberration
Antecedent
Someone or something that went before
Antipathy
Firm dislike
Antithesis
A direct opposite
Apartheid
Racial segregation in the republic of South Africa
Apathy
Lack of intrest
Aphorism
A catchy saying
Apocalypse
A prophetic revelation concerning the end if the world
Apocryphal
Of dubious authenticity
Apotheosis
Elevation of divine status
Appease
To soothe
Appreciate
It increase in value
Apprehensive
Worried