Word List 3 Flashcards
Amenities
Convenient features, Courtesies
Amiable
Agreeable, lovable, warmly friendly
Amicable
Politely friendly, not quarrelsome
Amiss
Wrong, faulty
Amity
Friendship
Amnesty
Pardon
Amoral
Nonmoral
Amorous
Moved by sexual love
Amphibian
Able to live both on land and in water
Ample
Abundant
Amplify
Broaden or clarify by expanding
Amputate
Cut off part of body
Amulet
Charm, talisman
Anachronistic
Having an error involving time in a story
Analgesic
Causing insensitivity to pain
Analogous
Comparable
Anarchist
A person who seeks to overturn the established government
Anarchy
Absence of governing body
Anathema
Solemn curse
Ancestry
Family descent
Ancillary
Serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
Anesthetic
Substance that removes sensation with or without the loss of consciousness
Anguish
Acute pain; extreme suffering
Angular
Sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
Animosity
Active enmity
Animus
Hostile feeling or intent
Annals
Records; history
Annex
Attach
Annihilate
Destroy
Annuity
Yearly allowance
Anoint
Consecrate
Anomalous
Abnormal
Anomaly
Irregularity
Antagonism
Hostility; active resistance
Antecede
Precede
Antediluvian
Antiquated
Anthology
Book of literary selections by various authors
Anthropocentric
Regarding human beings as the center of the universe
Anthropoid
Manlike
Anticlimax
Letdown in thought or emotion
Antidote
Medicine or counteract a poison or disease
Antipathy
Aversion; dislike
Antiquated
Old-fashioned; obsolete
Antithesis
Contrast; direct opposite to
Apathy
Lack of caring
Aperture
Opening; hole
Apex
Summit; climax
Aphasia
Loss of speech due to injury or illness
Aphorism
Pithy maxim
Aplomb
Poise; assurance
Apocalyptic
Prophetic; pertaining to revelations
Apocryphal
Untrue; made up
Apogee
Highest point
Apolitical
Lack of concern for political affairs