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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 not bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

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Amorous

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Feeling lovely, especially in a sexually sense; in love; relating to love

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Amorphous

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Shapeless; without a regular or stabile shape; blob like

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Anachronism

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Something put of place in time or history; an incongruity

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Analogy

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A comparison of one thing to another

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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 incident

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Anguish

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Agonizing physical or mental pain

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Animosity

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Resentment; hostility; ill will

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Anomaly

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An aberration; an irregularity; a 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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From dislike; a dislike

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Antithesis

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The direct opposite

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Apartheid

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

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Apathy

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Lack of interest; lack of feeling

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Aphorism

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A brief, often witty saying; a proverb

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Apocalypse

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A prophetic revelation, especially one concerning 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; the perfect example of something

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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 in 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; known only to a select few

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Archaic

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Extremely old; ancient; outdated