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28 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable |
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amenable
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agreeable; willing to give in to the wishes of the others |
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amenity |
attractive or comfortable feature bathroom |
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amiable
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agreeable |
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amnesty |
a decision that the group of people will not be punished or that group of prisoners would be allowed to go free |
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amnesia |
the situation where people forget everything except speaking English and driving car |
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amoral |
lacking moral values |
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amorous |
related to love
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amorphous
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bloblike |
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anachronism |
something out of place in time or history |
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analogy
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comparison of one thing to the other |
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anarchy
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absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder |
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anecdote |
short account of humorous or revealing incident |
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anguish
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agonizing physical or mental pain |
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animosity
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ill will; resentment |
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anomaly
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irregularity; deviation |
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antecedent |
something that provides a model for something that came after it |
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antipathy |
dislike
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apartheid |
the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in republic of south Africa
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apathy
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lack of feeling |
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aphorism
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proverb |
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apocalypse
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a sudden / very bad event that causes fear (especially one concerning with the end of the world) |
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apocryphal
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spurious |
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apotheosis
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a perfect example of something |
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appease |
to soothe |
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appreciate |
to increase in value |
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apprehensive |
worried; anxious |
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misapprehension
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misunderstanding |
