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23 Cards in this Set
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amenities
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convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies
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amiable
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agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly
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amicable
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peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement
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n amiss
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wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.
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amity
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friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations
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amnesia
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loss of memory
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amnesty
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pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)
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amoral
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nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong
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amorous
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moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances
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amorphous
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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amphibian
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able to live both on land and in water; N.
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amphitheater
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oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena
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n ample
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enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space
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amplify
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increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph
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n amputate
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cut off part of body; prune (a limb)
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n amok(amuck)
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in a state of rage; Ex. run amok
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n amulet
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charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck
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anachronism
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an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic
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n analgesic
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causing insensitivity to pain; N.
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s analgesia
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condition of being unable to feel pain
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analogous
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comparable; similar
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analogy
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similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things
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anarchist
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person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
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