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ameliorate

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v. to make better or more tolerable

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amenable

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adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

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amenity

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n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

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amiable

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adj. friendly; agreeable

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amnesty

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n. an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

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amoral

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adj. lacking sense or right and wrong; nether good nor bad; neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

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amorous

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adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love

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amorphous

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adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike

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anachronism

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n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

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analogy

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n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

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