word smart list 8 Flashcards

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anarchy

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n. absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

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anecdote

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n. a short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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anguish

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n. agonizing physical or mental pain

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animosity

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n. resentment; hostility; ill will

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anomaly

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n. an aberration; and irregularity; a deviation

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antecedent

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n. someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it

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antipathy

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n. firm dislike; a dislike

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antithesis

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n. direct opposite

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apartheid

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n. the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa

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