amenities-apothecary Flashcards
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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
hostile feeling or intent
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anneal
reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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annotate
comment
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annuity
yearly allowance
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annul
make void
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anodyne
drug that relieves pain, opiate
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anoint
consecrate
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anomalous
abnormal
| irregular
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anomaly
irregularity
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antagonism
hostility, active resistance
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antecede
precede
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antecedents
preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later
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antediluvian
antiquated, extremely ancient
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anthology
book of literary selections
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anthropoid
manlike
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anthropologist
student of the history and science of humankind
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anthropomorphic
having human form or characteristics
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anticlimax
letdown in thought or emotion
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antiphaty
aversion
| dislike
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antiquated
obsolete, outdated
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antithesis
contrast
| direct opposite of
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anvil
iron block used in hammering out metals
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apathy
lack of caring
| indifference
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ape
imitate, mimic
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aperture
opening
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apex
tip, summit, climax
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aphasia
loss of speech
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aphorism
pithy maxim or saying
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apiary
place where bees are kept
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aplomb
poise
| assurance
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apocalyptic
prophetic
| pertaining to revelations
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apocryphal
untrue, made up
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apogee
highest point (moon on orbit)
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apologist
he who writes in defense of a cause or an insitution
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apostate
who abandons his religion or political beliefs
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apothecary
druggist
