Flashcards: Bowyer 2
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kasielasserre1 on August 30, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adversarial | anatagonistic, competitive |
| aerie | a nook or nest built high int he air |
| aesthetic | pertaining to beauty or art |
| affable | friendly, easy to approach |
| affected | pretentious, phoney |
| affinity | fondness, liking, similarity |
| affront | personal offence, insult |
| aggrandize | to make larger or greater in power |
| aggregate | collective mass or sum |
| aggrieve | to afflict, distress |
| agnostic | one doubting that people can know God |
| alacrity | cheerful, willingness, eagerness; speed |
| alchemy | medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold |
| algorithm | mechanical problem solving procedure |
| allay | to lessen, ease, soothe |
| allegory | symbolish representation |
| allure | to entice by charm; attract |
| allusion | an indirect reference |
| altruism | unselfish concern for other's welfare |
| amalgam | a mixture, combination, alloy |
| ambiguous | uncertain, subject to multiple interpretations |
| ambivalence | attitude of uncertaintity, conflicting emotions |
| ameliorate | to make better, improve |
| amiable | friendly, pleasant, likeable |
| amoral | unprinciple, unethical |
| amorphous | having no definate form |
| ample | abundant, plentiful |
| anachronism | something chronologically innapropriate |
| analogous | comperable, parrallel |
| anarchy | absence of government or law; chaos |
| anathema | ban or curse; something shunned or disliked |
| ancillary | accessory, subordinate, helping |
| anecdote | short, usually funny, account of an event |
| animosity | hatred, hostility |
| annul | to cancel, declare a void, make legally invalid |
| anodyne | something that calms or soothes pain |
| anoint | to apply oil to |
| anomaly | an irregularity; deviation from the norm |
| antagonist | foe, opponent, adversary |