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- amateur
- 1. performs poorly, inexperienced, unprofessional
- amiable
- lovable; good-natured; pleasant and agreeable
- amicable
- friendly; neighborly;not quarrelsome
- amity
- friendship; goodwill; friendly relations
- amorous
- having to do with love; loving; inclined to love
- enamored
- inflamed with love; charmed; captivated
- animosity
- ill will ; violent hatred
- animus
- ill will, usually controlled
- equanimity
- evenness of mind or temper; emotional balance; composure; calmness
- magnanimous
- showing greatness or nobility of mind; above what is low or petty; forgiving; generous
- unanimity
- oneness of mind; complete agreement
- unanimous
- of one mind; in complete accord
- affinity
- kinship; liking; attraction; sympathy
- confine
- keep within limits; restrict
- definitive
- serving to end an unsettled matter; conclusive; final
- finale
- end or final part of a musical composition, opera, play, etc.
- finis
- end; conclusion
- fluctuate
- flow like a wave; move up and down; change often and irregularly; be unsteady
- fluent
- ready with a flow of words; speaking or writing easily
- fluid (n)
- substance that flows
- fluid (adj)
- not rigid; changing easily
- flux
- continuous flow or changing; unceasing change
- influx
- inflow; inpouring
- degenerate
- sink to a lower class or standard; grow worse; deteriorate
- engender
- give birth to; create; generate; produce; cause
- genre
- kind; sort; category
- progenitor
- ancestor to whom a group traces its birth; forefather
- regenerate
- cause to be born again; put new life into; reform completely
- aggregate
- gathered together in one mass; total; collective
- aggregation
- gathering individuals into a body or group; assemblage
- congregation
- "flock" or gathering of people for religious worship
- gregarious
- inclined to associate with the "flock" or group; fond of being with others
- segregation
- separation from the "flock" or main body; setting apart; isolation
- adhere
- stick; hold fast; cling; be attached
- cohere
- stick together; hold together firmly
- coherence
- state of sticking together; consistency; logical connection
- cohesion
- act or state of sticking together; union; unity
- inherent
- deeply infixed; intrinsic; essential
- collateral
- situated at the side; accompanying; parallel; additional; supplementary
- equilateral
- having all sides equal
- lateral
- of or pertaining to the side
- multilateral
- having many sides
- quadrilateral
- plane figure having four sides and four angles
- unilateral
- one sided; undertaken by one side only
- alliteration
- repetition of the same letter or consonant at the beginning of neighboring words
- literacy (n)
- state of being lettered or educated; ability to read and write
- literal
- following the letters or exact words of the original
- literary
- having to do with letters or literature
- literate (adj)
- lettered; able to read and write; educated
- elucidate
- throw light upon; to explain; to make clear
- lucid
- clear; easy to understand
- luminary
- one who is a source of light or inspiration to others; famous person
- luminous
- emitting light; shining; brilliant
- translucent
- letting light through