amenities-apothecary Flashcards by Adina Anghelache | Brainscape

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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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amoral

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nonmoral

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amorous

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moved by sexual love, loving

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amorphous

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formless, lacking shape

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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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amok

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in a state of rage

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amulet

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charm

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anachronism

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someone or something misplaced in time

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analgezic

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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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person who seeks to overturn the government

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anathema

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solemn curse

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anchor

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secure or fasten firmly

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ancillary

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serving as aid or accessory, auxiliary

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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

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animadversion

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critical remark

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animosity

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active enmity

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animus

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hostile feeling or intent

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anneal

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reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling

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annotate

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comment

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annuity

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yearly allowance

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annul

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make void

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anodyne

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drug that relieves pain, opiate

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anoint

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consecrate

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anomalous

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abnormal

irregular

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anomaly

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irregularity

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antagonism

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hostility, active resistance

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antecede

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precede

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antecedents

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preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later

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antediluvian

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antiquated, extremely ancient

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anthology

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book of literary selections

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anthropoid

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manlike

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anthropologist

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student of the history and science of humankind

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anthropomorphic

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having human form or characteristics

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anticlimax

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letdown in thought or emotion

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antiphaty

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aversion

dislike

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antiquated

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obsolete, outdated

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antithesis

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contrast

direct opposite of

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anvil

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iron block used in hammering out metals

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apathy

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lack of caring

indifference

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ape

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imitate, mimic

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aperture

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opening

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apex

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tip, summit, climax

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aphasia

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loss of speech

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aphorism

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pithy maxim or saying

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apiary

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place where bees are kept

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aplomb

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poise

assurance

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apocalyptic

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prophetic

pertaining to revelations

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apocryphal

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untrue, made up

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apogee

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highest point (moon on orbit)

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apologist

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he who writes in defense of a cause or an insitution

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apostate

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who abandons his religion or political beliefs

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apothecary

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druggist