Wordlist 3 Flashcards
amenities (n)
convenient features; courtesies
amicable (adj)
politely friendly; not quarrelsome
amiss (adj)
Seeing her frown; he wondered if anything were amiss.
wrong; faulty
amity (n)
Student exchange programs such as the Experiment in Internation living were established to promote international amity.
friendship
amnesia (n)
loss of memory
amnesty (n)
an official statement that allows people who have been put in prison for crimes against the state to go free.
amorous (adj)
Mary rejected Tony’s amorous advances.
moved by sexual love; loving
amorphous (adj)
an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all.
formless; shapeless
amphibian (adj/n)
Frogs are classified as amphibian.
able to live both on land and in water
amphitheater (n)
oval building with tiers of seats
amputate (v)
(n): amputation, amputee (person who is amputated)
Her right arm became infected and had to be amputated.
cut off part of body; prune
amulet (n)
Around her neck she wore the amulet that the witch doctor had given her.
charm; talisman
anachronistic (adj)
(n): anachronism.
The daily publication of print media seems anachronistic today.
having an error involving time in a story
analgesic (adj)
analgesic drugs/effects
(n): analgesic = painkiller, (n): analgesia: the loss of ability to feel pain while still conscious
that reduces pain
analogous (adj)
similar in some way to another thing or situation and therefore able to be compared with it
anarchist (n)
person who seeks to overturn the established government
anarchy (n)
absence of governing body; state of disorder.
anathema (n)
Racial prejudice is an anthema to me.
a thing or an idea that you hate because it is the opposite of what you believe
ancillary (adj)
ancillary workers in the health service such as cooks and cleaners
serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
anecdote (n)
amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor
(adj): anecdoctal
short account of an amusing or interesting event
anemia (n)
The doctor ascribes her tiredness to anemia.
(adj): anemic
condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
anesthetic (n)
(n): anesthesia
substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
anguish (n)
Visiting the site of the explotion, the governor wept to see the anguish of the victims and their families
acute pain; extreme suffering
angular (adj)
sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
animated (adj)
lively; spirited
animosity (n)
He incurred the animosity of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.
a strong feeling of opposition, anger or hate
