Amiable-Archaic Flashcards
Amnesty
An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
Amiable
Friendly
Agreeable
Amoral
Lacking a sense of right and wrong
Neither good nor bad
Without moral feelings
Amorous
Feeling in love, especially in a sexual sense
Amorphous
Shapeless
Bloblike
Anachronism
Something out of place in time or history
Analogy
A comparison of one thing to another
Similarity
Anarchy
Absence of government or control
Lawlessness
Disorder
Anecdote
A short account of a humorous or revealing situation
Anguish
Agonizing physical or emotional pain
Animosity
Resentment
Hostility
Ill-will
Anomaly
Aberration
Irregularity
Deviation
Antecedent
Someone or something that went before
Something that provides a model for something that came after it.
Antipathy
Firm dislike
A dislike
Antithesis
The direct opposite
Aprtheid
The former policy of racial segregation and separation in the Republic of South Africa
Apathy
Lack if interest
Lack of feeling
Aphorism
A brief, witty saying
Proverb
Apocalypse
Prophetic revelation, especially considering the end of the world
Apocryphal
Of dubious authenticity
Fictitious
Spurious
Apotheosis
Elevation to divine status
Epitome
Appease
To soothe
To pacify by giving into
Appreciate
To increase on value
Apprehensive
Worried
Anxious
Approbation
Approval
Praise
Appropriate
To take without permission
To set aside for a particular use
Aptitude
Capacity for learning
Natural ability
Arbiter
One who decides
A judge
Arbitrary
Random
Capricious
Arcane
Mysterious
Know only by a select few
Archaic
Extremely old
Ancient
Outdated
