| Word |
Definition |
| Amenities |
convenient features; courtesies |
| Amiable |
friendly; pleasant; likable |
| Amicable |
friendly; agreeable |
| Amiss |
wrong; faulty |
| Amity |
friendship |
| Amnesia |
loss of memory |
| Amnesty |
pardon |
| Amoral |
having no moral standards |
| Amorous |
strongly attracted to love; showing love |
| Amorphous |
formless; lacking shape or definition |
| Amphibian |
able to live both on land and in water |
| Amphitheater |
oval building with tiers of seats |
| Ample |
Abundant; plentiful |
| Amplify |
to intensify; to make stronger |
| Amputate |
cut off part of body; prune |
| Amok or Amuck |
(ADV) in a state of rage |
| Amulet |
charm; talisman |
| Anachronism |
something or someone misplace in time; error in chronology |
| Analgesic |
causing insensitivity to pain |
| Analogous |
comparable; similar |
| Analogy |
similarity; parallelism |
| Anarchist |
person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
| Anarchy |
absence of governing body; state of disorder |
| Anathema |
ban, curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
| Ancestry |
family descent |
| Anchor |
to secure or to fasten firmly; to be fixed in place |
| Ancillary |
accessory; auxiliary |
| Anecdote |
short, usually funny account of an event |
| Anemia |
condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles |
| Anesthetic |
substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| Anguish |
acute pain; extreme suffering |
| angular |
sharp-cornered |
| Animadversion |
critical remark |
| Animated |
lively; spirited |
| Animosity |
a feeling of strong dislike |
| Animus |
hostile feeling or intent |
| Annals |
records; history |
| Anneal |
to strengthen or toughen by heating then cooling (reduce brittleness) |
| Annex |
attach; take possession of |
| Annihilate |
to destroy |
| Annotate |
to comment; to make explanatory notes |
| Annuity |
yearly allowance |
| Annul |
to make void; to cancel; to nullify |
| Anodyne |
drug that relieves pain; opiate |
| Anoint |
to consecrate |
| Anomalous |
abnormal; irregular |
| Anomaly |
irregularity or deviation from the norm |
| Anonymity |
state of being nameless; anonymousness |
| Antagonism |
Hostility; active resistance |
| antecede |
to precede |
| Antecedents |
preceding events; coming before in place or time |
| Antediluvian |
antiquated; extremely ancient |
| Anthem |
song of praise or patriotism |
| Anthology |
collection of literary works by different authors |
| Anthropoid |
manlike |
| Anthropologist |
student of the history and science of humankind |
| Anthropomorphic |
having human form or characteristics |
| Anticlimax |
a disappointing decline after a previous rise |
| Antidote |
remedy to counteract a poison or disease |
| antipathy |
aversion; dislike |
| Antiquated |
obsolete; outdated |
| Antiseptic |
substance that prevents infection |
| Antithesis |
exact opposite or direct contrast |
| Anvil |
iron block used in hammering out metals |
| Apathy |
lack of feeling or emotions; indifference |
| Ape |
imitate or mimic |
| Aperture |
an opening; hole |
| apex |
summit; climax |
| Aphasia |
loss of speech due to injury or illness |
| Aphorism |
a pithy maxim or a proverbial saying |
| Apiary |
a place where bees are kept |
| Aplomb |
poise; confidence; assurance |
| Apocalyptic |
prophetic; pertaining to revelations |
| Apocryphal |
untrue; made up |
| Apogee |
highest point |
| Apolitical |
having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs |
| Apologist |
one who writes in defense of a cause or institution |
| Apostate |
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs |
| Apothecary |
a pharmacy; a pharmacist |
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