One Word Flashcards
Absolution
Formal forgiveness of a person’s sins
Accolade
Award
Harmonious
Friendly and peacefully
Accord
Harmonious or consistent with
Adonis
Extremely young man
Agnostic
One who is not sure about god’s existence
Algophobia
Fear of pain
Allegory
A story or a play in which each character is a symbol representing an idea or a quality such as truth ,evil, death
Ameliorate
Make (something or unsatisfactory) better
Amicable
One who is friendly and good natured
Amnesty
Official pardon
Anarchist
A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary
Annuity
Fixed sum paid annually
Anorexia
Obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat
Anthology
A collection of poems ,stories that have been written by diff peoples and published together in a book
Anthropology
The study of human race ,its origin , development, custom
Anticipate
Look forward to /expect
Antiquarian
One who studies antique things
Antithesis
To exact opposite
Apathy(noun)
Apathetic (adj)
Feeling no interest , enthusiasm