Word List 3

Question 1

alleviate

Answer 1

relieve

Question 2

alliteration

Answer 2

repetition of beginning sound in poetry

Question 3

allocate

Answer 3

assign

Question 4

allude

Answer 4

refer indirectly

Question 5

allure

Answer 5

entice, attract

Question 6

allusion

Answer 6

indirect reference

Question 7

aloft

Answer 7

upward

Question 8

aloof

Answer 8

apart, reserved

Question 9

altercation

Answer 9

noisy quarrel, heated dispute

Question 10

altruistic

Answer 10

unselfishly, generous

Question 11

amalgamate

Answer 11

combine, unite one body

Question 12

amass

Answer 12

collect

Question 13

ambidextrous

Answer 13

capable of using either hand with equal ease

Question 14

ambience

Answer 14

environment, atmosphere

Question 15

ambiguous

Answer 15

unclear, doubtful

Question 16

ambivalence

Answer 16

the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

Question 17

ambulatory

Answer 17

able to walk, not bedridden

Question 18

ameliorate

Answer 18

improve

Question 19

amenable

Answer 19

readily managed, willing to be led

Question 20

amend

Answer 20

correct, change for the better

Question 21

amiable

Answer 21

agreeable, lovable, warmly friendly

Question 22

amicable

Answer 22

politely friendly, not quarrelsome

Question 23

amity

Answer 23

friendship

Question 24

amnesia

Answer 24

loss of memory

Question 25

amnesty

Answer 25

pardon

Question 26

amoral

Answer 26

nonmoral

Question 27

amorous

Answer 27

moved by sexual love, loving

Question 28

amorphous

Answer 28

formless, lacking shape or definition

Question 29

amphibian

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able to live both on land and in water

Question 30

ample

Answer 30

abundant

Question 31

amplify

Answer 31

increase in volume or intensity

Question 32

amputate

Answer 32

cut off part of the body, prune

Question 33

anachronistic

Answer 33

having error involving time in a story

Question 34

analogous

Answer 34

comparable

Question 35

analogy

Answer 35

parallelism similarity

Question 36

anarchist

Answer 36

person who seeks the overturn off the established government, advocate for abolishing authority

Question 37

ancestry

Answer 37

family descent

Question 38

anchor

Answer 38

secure or fasten firmly

Question 39

anecdote

Answer 39

short account of an amusing or interesting event

Question 40

anemia

Answer 40

condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

Question 41

anesthetic

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substance that removes sensation without loss of consciousness

Question 42

anguish

Answer 42

acute pain, extreme suffering

Question 43

angular

Answer 43

sharp corner, stiff in manner

Question 44

animated

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lively, made to appear to move as if it were alive

Question 45

animosity

Answer 45

active enmity

Question 46

annex

Answer 46

attach, take possession of

Question 47

annihhilate

Answer 47

destroy

Question 48

annotate

Answer 48

comment, make explanatory notes

Question 49

annul

Answer 49

make void

Question 50

anomalous

Answer 50

abnomal, irregular