Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Amnesty

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An official pardon for a group of people who have voted a law or policy

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Amoral

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Lacking sense if right and wrong

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Amorous

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Feeling loving

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

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Anachronism

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Something out of place or time in history

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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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A sense if government control

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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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Aganizing physical or mental pain

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Animosity

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Resentment

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Anomaly

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An aberration

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Antecedent

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Someone or something that went before

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Antipathy

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Firm dislike

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Antithesis

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A direct opposite

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Apartheid

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Racial segregation in the republic of South Africa

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Apathy

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Lack of intrest

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Aphorism

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A catchy saying

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Apocalypse

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A prophetic revelation concerning the end if the world

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Apocryphal

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Of dubious authenticity

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Apotheosis

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Elevation of divine status

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Appease

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To soothe

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Appreciate

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It increase in value

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Apprehensive

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Worried

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Approbation

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Approval

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Appropriate

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To take without permission

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Apitude

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Capacity for learning

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Arbiter

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A judge

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Arbitrary

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Random

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Arcane

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Mysterious

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Archaic

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Extremely old