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ameliorate
(uh MEEL yuh rayt)
V

A

to make better or more tolerable

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amenable
(uh MEE nuh bul)
adj

A

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

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amenity
(uh MEN i tee)
N

A

pleasantness;

attractive or comfortable feature

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4
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amiable
(AY mee uh bul)
adj

A

friendly;

agreeable

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5
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amnesty
(AM nuh stee)
N

A

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

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amoral
(ay MOR ul)
adj

A

lacking a sense of right and wrong;
neither good nor bad neither moral nor immoral;
without moral feelings

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7
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amorous
(AM ur us)
adj

A

feeling loving especially in a sexual sense;
in love;
relating to love

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amorphous
(uh MOR fus)
adj

A

shapeless;
without a regular or stable shape;
bloblike

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9
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anachronism
(uh NAK ruh niz um)
N

A

something out of place in time or history;

an incongruity

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analogy
(uh NAL uh jee)
N

A

a comparison of one thing to another;

similarity

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