Day 1.3 (allusion-anarchy) Flashcards
Aloof
Uninvolved; standing off
Allusion
Indirect reference, often to a literary work
Altruism
Selflessness; generosity
Ambience
Atmosphere; mood
Ambiguous
Unclear in meaning
Ambivalent
Undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable
Amenable
Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
Amenity
Pleasantness
Amiable
Friendly, agreeable
Amnesty
An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
Amoral
Lacking a sense of right or wrong; neither moral nor immoral
Amorous
Feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense
Amorphous
Shapeless; bloblike
Anachronism
Something out of place in time; incongruity
Analogy
A comparison of one thing to another
Anarchy
Absence of government or control; disorder