Quick Quiz 7 Flashcards
ameliorate
(uh MEEL yuh rayt)
V
to make better or more tolerable
amenable
(uh MEE nuh bul)
adj
obedient;
willing to give in to the wishes of another;
agreeable
amenity
(uh MEN i tee)
N
pleasantness;
attractive or comfortable feature
amiable
(AY mee uh bul)
adj
friendly;
agreeable
amnesty
(AM nuh stee)
N
an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
amoral
(ay MOR ul)
adj
lacking a sense of right and wrong;
neither good nor bad neither moral nor immoral;
without moral feelings
amorous
(AM ur us)
adj
feeling loving especially in a sexual sense;
in love;
relating to love
amorphous
(uh MOR fus)
adj
shapeless;
without a regular or stable shape;
bloblike
anachronism
(uh NAK ruh niz um)
N
something out of place in time or history;
an incongruity
analogy
(uh NAL uh jee)
N
a comparison of one thing to another;
similarity