Adversity-Anarchy Flashcards

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Aesthetic

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Artistic;Dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful.

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Aggregate

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Gather;Accumulate. Before the recession, people managed to Aggregate huge wealth in short periods of time.

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness; eagerness. Phil and Dave climbed into their van with great Alacrity raring to go to the mountains.

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Alleviate

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Relieve. This should alleviate the pain

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Amalgamate

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Combine; unite in one body. The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body

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Ameliorate

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Improve. Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.

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Anachronism

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Something or someone misplaced in time. The poets reference to clocks in his poem about Caesar was an anachronism as no clocks existed in Caesars time. Anachronistic

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Analogous

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Comparable. Actors often improvise; working through an analogous situation closer to their own experience.

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Anarchy

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Absence of a governing body; state of disorder. The assassination of the leader lead to a period of anarchy.

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