| Term | Definition |
|---|
| friendly | amiable - An amiable fellow, Harry got along with just about everyone |
| friendly | amicable - Claudia and Jimmy got divorced, but amicably and without hard feelings |
| showing love, particularly sexual | amorous - Whenever Albert saw Mariah wear her slinky red dress, he began to feel quite amorous |
| without definite shape or type | amorphous - The effort was doomed from the start, because the reasons behind it were so amorphous and hard to pin down |
| being out of correct chronological order | anachronistic - In this book you’re writing, you say that the Pyramids were built after the Titanic sank, which is anachronistic |
| something that reduces pain | analgesic - Put this analgesic on the wound so that the poor man at least feels a little better |
| similar to, so that an analogy can be drawn | analogous - Though they are unrelated genetically, the bone structure of whales and fish is quite analogous |
| one who wants to eliminate all government | anarchist - An anarchist, Carmine wanted to dissolve every government everywhere |
| a cursed, detested person | anathema - I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me |
| a short, humorous account | anecdote - After dinner, Marlon told an anecdote about the time he got his nose stuck in a toaster |
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