Unit 2 (adulterate-analogy) Flashcards
adulterate
v. to contaminate; to make impure
adverse
adj. unfavorable; antagonistic
aesthetic
adj. artistic; having to do with artistic beauty
affable
adj. easy to talk to; friendly
affectation
n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually to impress
affinity
n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
affluent
adj. rich; prosperous
agenda
n. program; things to be done
aggregate
n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
agnostic
n. one who doesn’t believes in the existence of a god, but doesn’t not believe either
agrarian
adj. relating to the land; related to the management or farming of land
alacrity
n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
allege
v. to assert without proof
alleviate
v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
allocate
v. to distribute; to assign; to allot
alloy
n. combination of two or more things, usually metals
allusion
n. an indirect reference often to a literary work; a hint
aloof
adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance
altruism
n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
ambience
n. atmosphere; mood; feeling
ambiguous
adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
ambivalent
adj. undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
ameliorate
v. to make better or more tolerable
amenable
adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
amenity
n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
amiable
adj. friendly; agreeable
amnesty
n. and official pardon for a group of people that have broken the law
amoral
adj. lacking sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
amorous
adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
amorphous
adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; blob-like
anachronism
n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
analogy
n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
v. to contaminate; to make impure
adulterate
adj. unfavorable; antagonistic
adverse
adj. artistic; having to do with artistic beauty
aesthetic
adj. easy to talk to; friendly
affable
n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually to impress
affectation
n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
affinity
adj. rich; prosperous
affluent
n. program; things to be done
agenda
n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
aggregate
n. one who doesn’t believes in the existence of a god, but doesn’t not believe either
agnostic
adj. relating to the land; related to the management or farming of land
agrarian
n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
alacrity
v. to assert without proof
allege
v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
alleviate
v. to distribute; to assign; to allot
allocate
n. combination of two or more things, usually metals
alloy
n. an indirect reference often to a literary work; a hint
allusion
adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance
aloof
n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
altruism
n. atmosphere; mood; feeling
ambience
adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
ambiguous
adj. undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
ambivalent
v. to make better or more tolerable
ameliorate
adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
amenable
n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
amenity
adj. friendly; agreeable
amiable
n. and official pardon for a group of people that have broken the law
amnesty
adj. lacking sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
amoral
adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
amorous
adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; blob-like
amorphous
n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
anachronism
n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
analogy
al/ali/alter root
other; another
am root
love
a root
without
amb/amph root
aroud
or
both; more than one
