Vocab Group # 2
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- antithesis
- noun, plural -ses /-ˌsiz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-seez] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. 1. opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong. 2. the direct opposite (usually fol. by of or to): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly. 3. Rhetoric. a. the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in "Give me liberty or give me death." b. the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as "or give me death." 4. Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.
- misanthrope
- -noun a hater of humankind.
- anti/ant
- against, opposite
- ambidextrous
- -adjective 1. able to use both hands equally well: an ambidextrous surgeon. 2. unusually skillful; facile: an ambidextrous painter, familiar with all media. 3. double-dealing; deceitful. 4. Slang. bisexual.
- somnambulist
- noun-sleep-walker
- ambi/amphi
- both
- philanthropy
- -noun, plural -pies. 1. altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes. 2. the activity of donating to such persons or purposes in this way: to devote one's later years to philanthropy. 3. a particular act, form, or instance of this activity: The art museum was their favorite philanthropy. 4. a philanthropic organization.
- antecedent
- -adjective 1. preceding; prior: an antecedent event. -noun 2. a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc. 3. antecedents, a. ancestors. b. the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life: Little is known about his birth and antecedents. 4. Grammar. a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence. In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it. 5. Mathematics. a. the first term of a ratio; the first or third term of a proportion. b. the first of two vectors in a dyad. 6. Logic. the conditional element in a proposition, as "Caesar conquered Gaul," in "If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general."
- antidote
- -noun 1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc. 2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime. -verb (used with object) 3. to counteract with an antidote: Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed.
- antebellum
- -adjective before or existing before the war, esp. the American Civil War.
- antediluvian
- -adjective 1. of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8. 2. very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas. -noun 3. a person who lived before the Flood. 4. a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.
- superannuated
- -adjective 1. retired because of age or infirmity. 2. too old for use, work, service, or a position. 3. antiquated or obsolete: superannuated ideas.
- animosity
- -noun, plural -ties. a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.
- aml
- walk
- anim
- mind, spirit, breath
- ambiguous
- -adjective 1. open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer. 2. Linguistics. (of an expression) exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous. 3. of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous character. 4. lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct: an ambiguous shape; an ambiguous future.
- ante/ant
- before
- antipathy
- -noun, plural -thies. 1. a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion. 2. an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling. 3. an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.
- ambulatory
- -adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside. 2. adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals. 3. moving about or from place to place; not stationary: an ambulatory tribe. 4. Also, ambulant. Medicine/Medical. a. not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk: an ambulatory patient. b. serving patients who are able to walk: an ambulatory care center. 5. Law. not fixed; alterable or revocable: ambulatory will. noun 6. Also called deambulatory. Architecture. a. an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church. b. the covered walk of a cloister.
- anthrop
- human
- ann/enn
- year
- amble
- -verb (used without object) 1. to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town. 2. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm. -noun 3. an ambling gait. 4. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace. 5. a stroll.
- ambivalent
- noun 1. uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. 2. Psychology. the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
- antiquated
- -adjective 1. continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned: antiquated attitudes. 2. no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent: The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine. 3. aged; old:
- perennial
- -adjective 1. lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty. 2. (of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years. 3. lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. 4. perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent. noun 5. a perennial plant: Daffodils and tulips are perennials. 6. something that is continuing or recurrent.
- magnanimous
- -adjective 1. generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies. 2. high-minded; noble: a just and magnanimous ruler. 3. proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.: a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness.