Word List Two: Amend Flashcards

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Adulterate

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Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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Adulation

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Flattery; admiration

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Advent

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Arrival

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Adventitious

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Accidental

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Adversary

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Opponent

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Adverse

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Unfavorable

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Adversity

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Poverty; misfortune

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Advocacy

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Support

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Advocate

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Urge; plead for

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Aerie

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Nest of large bird of prey

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Aesthetic

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Artistic

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Affable

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Easily approachable

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Affected

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Artificial; pretended

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Affidavit

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Written statement made under oath

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Affiliation

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Joining; associating with

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Affinity

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Kinship

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Affirmatiob

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Positive assertion

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Affix

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Fasten; attach

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Afflication

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State of distress

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Affluence

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Abundance; wealth

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Affront

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Insult

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Afternath

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Consequences

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Agenda

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Items of business at a meeting

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Agent

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Means or instrument; person acting in an official capacity

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Agglomeration
Collection
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Aggrandize
Increase or intensify
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Aggregate
Gather; accumulate
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Aggressor
Attacker
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Aghast
Horrified
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Agility
Nimbleness
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Agitate
Stir up
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Agnostic
One who is skeptical of existence or knowability of a god
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Agrarian
Pertaining to land or its cultivation
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Alacrity
Cheerful promptness
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Alchemy
Medieval chemistry
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Aclove
Nook; small, recessed section of a room
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Alias
An assumed name
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Alienate
Make hostile; seperate
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Alimentary
Supplying nourishment
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Alimony
Payment by a husband to his divorced wife (or vice versa)
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Allay
Calm
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Allege
State without proof
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Allegiance
Loyalty
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Allegory
Story in which charas are used as symbols
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Alleviate
Relieve
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Alliteration
Repetition of beginning sound in poetry
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Allocate
Assign
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Alloy
Mix
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Allude
Refer indirectly
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Allure
Entice
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Allusion
Indirect reference
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Aloft
Upward
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Aloof
Apart
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Altercation
Noisy quarrel
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Altruistic
Unselfishly generous
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Amalgamate
Combine
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Amass
Collect
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Anbidextrous
Capable of using either hands with ease
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Ambience
Enviorment; atmosphere
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Ambiguous
Unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Ambivalence
State of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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Amble
Moving at an easy pace
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Ambulatory
Able to walk
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Ameliorate
Inprove
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Amenable
Readily managed
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Amend
Correct; change