Vocab 2-3
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- a formal ban or curse by a church on a person or doctrine, a curse or renunciation, someone or something shunned
- anathema
- concernned with the welfare of others
- altruistic
- a departure from what is common or normal; anything irregular or abnormal
- anomaly
- open hatred; ill will; active dislike
- animosity
- a sentence expressing a wise or clever observation or truth; a maxim
- aphorism
- an indirect reference; a casual mention of something
- allusion
- the direct opposite; the contrast of two opposites
- antithesis
- to make or become better; to improve
- ameliorate
- an angry arguement
- altercation
- a person, thing, or event that is chronologically out of place, or out of its proper historical time
- anachronism
- a large group of islands; a sea having many islands in it
- archipelago
- one who practices extreme self-denial, especially for religious reasons (adj)extremely self-denying
- ascetic
- official approval; commendation; sanction
- approbation
- the automatic opperation of machinery, equipment, or a system; the condition of being controlled automatically
- automation
- a wasting away of a part or parts of the body (v) to waste away
- atrophy
- difficult; strenuous; requiring much labor or effort
- arduous
- of or like an eagle; curved like and eagle's beak
- aquiline
- marked by signs of success or good fortune; favorable
- auspicious
- a large merchant ship; a fleet of merchant ships
- argosy
- fit for plowing and planting; suitable for sultivation
- arable