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