Deck 3

Question 1

allot

Answer 1

to apportion, allocate, or assign

Question 2

ameliorate

Answer 2

to make better or more tolerable

Question 3

amenable

Answer 3

obedient, willing to give in to the wishes of another, agreeable

Question 4

amenity

Answer 4

• pleasantness, attractive or comfortable feature

- also mean bathroom or the soaps and bottles of shampoo found in hotels

Question 5

amnesty

Answer 5

an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

Question 6

amorous

Answer 6

feeling loving, in love, relating to love

Question 7

amorphous

Answer 7

shapeless, without a regular or stable shape, bloblike

Question 8

anathema

Answer 8

something or someone loathed or detested

Question 9

ancillary

Answer 9

• subordinate, providing assistance
  ex. an ancillary source of income
• ancillary employee is one who helps another

Question 10

annex

Answer 10

to add or attach

Question 11

annuity

Answer 11

an annual allowance or income, any regular allowance or income

Question 12

anomaly

Answer 12

aberration, an irregularity, a deviation

Question 13

anterior

Answer 13

situated in front

Question 14

anthology

Answer 14

a collection, especially of literary works

Question 15

anthropomorphic

Answer 15

ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman animals or objects

Question 16

antipathy

Answer 16

firm dislike, a dislike

Question 17

antipodal

Answer 17

situated on opposite sides of the Earth, exactly opposite

Question 18

antithesis

Answer 18

the direct opposite

Question 19

aperture

Answer 19

• an opening

- opening inside a camera’s lens

Question 20

aphorism

Answer 20

a brief, often witty saying, a proverb

Question 21

apocryphal

Answer 21

full of dubious authenticity, fictitious, spurious

Question 22

apogee

Answer 22

the most distant point in the orbit of the moon or an artificial satellite

Question 23

apoplexy

Answer 23

• a stroke

- figuratively: become so angry that one seemed to be in danger of exploding

Question 24

apostasy

Answer 24

abandonment or rejection of faith or loyalty

Question 25

apotheosis

Answer 25

elevation to divine status, the perfect example of something