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VCR Lesson 5
| amicable | adj. - friendly; peaceable |
| amity | n. - friendship; friendly relations |
| enamored | adj. - in love with; charmed by (used with of) |
| inimical | adj. - harmful; hostile; unfriendly |
| odious | adj. - hateful; distasteful |
| bibliophile | n. - a lover of books |
| philanthropy | n. - goodwill to fellow human beings; a charitable gift, act, or organization |
| phobia | n. - strong, irrational fear |
| acrophobia | n. - fear of heights |
| hydrophobia | n. - fear of water; rabies |
| xenophobia | n. - fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign, or of foreigners |
| appease | v. - to calm; to satisfy by making concessions or giving into demands |
| pacific | adj. - peaceful; to serene |
| pacify | v. - to calm; to make quiet; to end war or violence |