| Term | Definition |
|---|
| amateur | inexperienced person |
| amiable | likable; good-natured; pleasant and agreeable |
| amicable | friendly |
| amity | friendship |
| amorous | strongly moved by love |
| enamored | inflamed with love |
| animosity | ill will (usually leading to active opposition) |
| animus | ill will (usually controlled) |
| equanimity | calmness |
| magnanimous | forgiving |
| unanimity | complete agreement |
| unanimous | in complete accord |
| affinity | liking; sympathy |
| confine | keep within limits; limit |
| definitive | serving to end an unsettled manner |
| finale | end of final part of a musical composition |
| finis | end; conclusion |
| fluctuate | move up and down |
| fluent | speaking or writing easily |
| fluid noun | substance that flows |
| fluid adj | unstable; not rigid |
| flux | continuous flow or changing |
| influx | inflow; inpouring; inrush |
| degenerate | sink to a lower class or standard; worsen; deteriorate |
| engender | give birth to; create; generate; produce; cause |
| genre | kind; sort; category |
| progenitor | ancestor to whom a group traces its brith; forefather |
| regenerate | cause to be born again; put new life into; reform completely; revive |
| aggregate | gathered together in one mass; total; collective |
| aggregation | gathering of individuals into a body or group |
| congregation | "flock" or gathering of people for religious worship |
| gregarious | inclined to associate with the "flock" or group |
| segregation | seperation from the "flock" or main body; isolation |
| adhere | stick; cling |
| cohere | stick together; hold together firmly |
| coherence | state of sticking together |
| cohesion | act or state of sticking together |
| incoherent | not logically connected; disconnected |
| inherent | (literally, "sticking in") deepy inflixed |
| bilateral | involving two sides |
| collateral | situated at the side; accompanying; parallel |
| equilateral | having all sides equal |
| lateral | of or pertaining to the side |
| multilateral | having many sides |
| quadrilateral | plane figure having four sides and four angles |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| alliteration | repetition of the same letter or consonant at the beginning of neighboring words |
| literacy | ability to read or write |
| literal | word-for-word |
| literary | having to do with letters or literature |
| literate | able to read and write |
| elucidate | make clear; clarify |
| lucid | easy to understand |
| luminary | famous person |
| luminous | bright; emitting light; shining |
| translucent | letting light through |
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