Word List 3 Flashcards by Joseline lu

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Amenities

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Convenient features, Courtesies

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Amiable

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Agreeable, lovable, warmly friendly

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Amicable

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Politely friendly, not quarrelsome

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Amiss

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Wrong, faulty

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Amity

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Friendship

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Amnesty

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Pardon

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Amoral

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Nonmoral

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Amorous

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Moved by sexual love

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Amphibian

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Able to live both on land and in water

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Ample

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Abundant

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Amplify

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Broaden or clarify by expanding

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Amputate

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Cut off part of body

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Amulet

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Charm, talisman

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Anachronistic

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Having an error involving time in a story

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Analgesic

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Causing insensitivity to pain

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Analogous

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Comparable

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Anarchist

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A person who seeks to overturn the established government

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Anarchy

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Absence of governing body

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Anathema

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Solemn curse

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Ancestry

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Family descent

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Ancillary

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Serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary

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Anesthetic

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Substance that removes sensation with or without the loss of consciousness

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Anguish

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Acute pain; extreme suffering

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Angular

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Sharp-cornered; stiff in manner

Animosity

Active enmity

Animus

Hostile feeling or intent

Annals

Records; history

Annex

Attach

Annihilate

Destroy

Annuity

Yearly allowance

Anoint

Consecrate

Anomalous

Abnormal

Anomaly

Irregularity

Antagonism

Hostility; active resistance

Antecede

Precede

Antediluvian

Antiquated

Anthology

Book of literary selections by various authors

Anthropocentric

Regarding human beings as the center of the universe

Anthropoid

Manlike

Anticlimax

Letdown in thought or emotion

Antidote

Medicine or counteract a poison or disease

Antipathy

Aversion; dislike

Antiquated

Old-fashioned; obsolete

Antithesis

Contrast; direct opposite to

Apathy

Lack of caring

Aperture

Opening; hole

Apex

Summit; climax

Aphasia

Loss of speech due to injury or illness

Aphorism

Pithy maxim

Aplomb

Poise; assurance

Apocalyptic

Prophetic; pertaining to revelations

Apocryphal

Untrue; made up

Apogee

Highest point

Apolitical

Lack of concern for political affairs