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