Word List 3 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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Amenities

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Convenient features, Courtesies

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Amiable

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Agreeable, lovable, warmly friendly

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Amicable

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Politely friendly, not quarrelsome

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Amiss

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Wrong, faulty

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Amity

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Friendship

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Amnesty

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Pardon

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Amoral

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Nonmoral

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Amorous

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Moved by sexual love

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Amphibian

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Able to live both on land and in water

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Ample

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Abundant

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Amplify

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Broaden or clarify by expanding

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Amputate

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Cut off part of body

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Amulet

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Charm, talisman

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Anachronistic

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Having an error involving time in a story

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Analgesic

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Causing insensitivity to pain

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Analogous

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Comparable

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Anarchist

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A person who seeks to overturn the established government

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Anarchy

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Absence of governing body

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Anathema

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Solemn curse

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Ancestry

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Family descent

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Ancillary

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Serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary

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Anesthetic

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Substance that removes sensation with or without the loss of consciousness

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Anguish

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Acute pain; extreme suffering

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Angular

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Sharp-cornered; stiff in manner

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Animosity

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Active enmity

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Animus

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Hostile feeling or intent

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Annals

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Records; history

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Annex

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Attach

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Annihilate

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Destroy

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Annuity

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Yearly allowance

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Anoint

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Consecrate

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Anomalous

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Abnormal

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Anomaly

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Irregularity

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Antagonism

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Hostility; active resistance

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Antecede

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Precede

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Antediluvian

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Antiquated

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Anthology

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Book of literary selections by various authors

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Anthropocentric

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Regarding human beings as the center of the universe

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Anthropoid

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Manlike

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Anticlimax

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Letdown in thought or emotion

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Antidote

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Medicine or counteract a poison or disease

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Antipathy

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Aversion; dislike

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Antiquated

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Old-fashioned; obsolete

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Antithesis

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Contrast; direct opposite to

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Apathy

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Lack of caring

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Aperture

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Opening; hole

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Apex

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Summit; climax

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Aphasia

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Loss of speech due to injury or illness

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Aphorism

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Pithy maxim

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Aplomb

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Poise; assurance

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Apocalyptic

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Prophetic; pertaining to revelations

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Apocryphal

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Untrue; made up

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Apogee

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Highest point

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Apolitical

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Lack of concern for political affairs