Eng Vocab Cards #12

Amnesty

n. An official pardon for a group of people who have violated the law.
Amoral

adj. Neither moral nor immoral
Amorous

adj. Feeling loving
Amorphous

adj. Shapeless; without form
Anecdote

n. A short account of a humorous or revealing incident
Animosity

n. Resentment; hatred
Anomaly

n. Irregularity
Antecedent

n. Someone or something that went before
Antipathy

n. Firm dislike
Antithesis

n. The direct opposite
Aphorism

n. A brief often witty saying; a proverb
Apocalypse

n. A prophetic revelation, especially concerning the end of the world
Apocryphal

n. Fictitious; spurious; False
Apotheosis

n. Elevation to divine status (hint: theo means god)
Appease

v. To satisfy; to pacify

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Eng Vocab Cards #12

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Walnut high school

Updated

2010-11-18T07:26:29Z

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