| Term | Definition |
|---|
| amenities | convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies |
| amiable | agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| amicable | peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement |
| n amiss | wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV. |
| amity | friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations |
| amnesia | loss of memory |
| amnesty | pardon (allowed by government to political criminals). CF-amnesia |
| amoral | nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong |
| amorous | moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances |
| amorphous | formless; lacking shape or definition |
| amphibian | able to live both on land and in water; N. |
| amphitheater | oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena |
| n ample | enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space |
| amplify | increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph |
| n amputate | cut off part of body; prune (a limb) |
| n amok(amuck) | in a state of rage; Ex. run amok |
| n amulet | charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck |
| anachronism | an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic |
| n analgesic | causing insensitivity to pain; N. |
| s analgesia | condition of being unable to feel pain |
| analogous | comparable; similar |
| analogy | similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things |
| anarchist | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
| anarchy | absence of governing body; state of disorder |
| n anathema | solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize |
| ancestry | family descent; ADJ. ancestral |
| anchor | secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage |
| ancillary | serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N. |
| anecdote | short story of an amusing or interesting event |
| anemia | condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; ADJ. anemic |
| anesthetic | substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia |
| anguish | acute pain; extreme suffering |
| angular | sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner |
| animadversion | critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval |
| animated | lively; spirited |
| animosity | active enmity |
| n animus | hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition |
| annals | records arranged in yearly parts; history |
| anneal | reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass) |
| annex | attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one |
| annihilate | destroy |
| annotate | comment; make explanatory notes |
| annuity | yearly allowance |
| annul | make void |
| s elope | run away secretly with the intention of getting married |
| n anodyne | drug that relieves pain or trouble; ÁøÅëÁ¦; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement |
| anoint | consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony) |
| anomalous | abnormal; irregular |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| anonymity | state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous |
| antagonism | hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist |
| antecede | precede |
| antecedents | preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
| antediluvian | antiquated; extremely ancient |
| n anthem | song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national anthem |
| n anthology | book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus |
| anthropoid | manlike; resembling a human being; N. |
| anthropologist | student of the history and science of humankind |
| anthropomorphic | having human form or characteristics |
| anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting |
| antidote | remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles |
| antipathy | aversion; dislike or opposition |
| n antiquated | obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated |
| antiseptic | substance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ. |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical |
| n anvil | iron block used in hammering out metals |
| apathy | lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic |
| n ape | imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner) |
| n aperture | opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light |
| n apex | tip; summit; climax; highest point |
| aphasia | loss of speech due to injury or illness |
| aphorism | pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic |
| n apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| s hive | box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive |
| s apiculture | bee-keeping |
| s apiarist | person who keeps bees |
| n aplomb | confident;poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence |
| s poise | good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position |
| apocalyptic | prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse |
| n apocryphal | (of a story) widely believed but untrue OP: canonical-approvd by church. canon-smthng tht is approved |
| apogee | highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee |
| n apolitical | having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs |
| n apologist | one who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia |
| n apoplexy | stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain |
| n apostate | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy |
| n apothecary | druggist; pharmacist |
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