ng, marvelous, wonderful.
ambassador, n. plenipotentiary, legate, envoy, minister (of the
highest rank).
ambiguous, a. indefinite, delphic, equivocal, vague, doubtful.
ambition, n. aspiration, emulation.
ambitious, a. aspiring, emulous, desirous; showy, pretentious,
ostentatious. Antonyms: unambitious, indifferent.
amenable, a. answerable, accountable, responsible; submissive,
tractable, responsive. Antonyms: unamenable, unaccountable, disobedient,
insubmissive.
amends, n. pl. reparation, indemnification, restitution, atonement,
redress, indemnity.
amenity, n. agreeableness, amiability, pleasantness, graciousness.
amiable, a. gracious, good-natured, benign, obliging, benignant,
affable. Antonyms: See unamiable.
amicable, a. friendly, peaceable, harmonious.
amiss, adv. improperly, incorrectly, wrongly.
amity, n. friendship, harmony, comity, good will.
amount, n. total, sum.
ample, a. spacious, extensive, roomy; abundant, copious, plentiful;
diffusive, prolix, protracted.
amuse, v. entertain, divert, beguile, recreate, please.
amusement, n. diversion, entertainment, beguilement, recreation,
relaxation, pastime, merriment, fun, sport, pleasure.
amusing, a. pleasing, diverting, laughable, entertaining, farcical,
droll, divertive.
analogy, n. resemblance, similarity, parallelism, agreement,
correspondence.
analyze, v. decompound, decompose.
anathema, n. denunciation, malediction, curse, execration,
condemnation.
anathematize, v. curse, denounce, comminate, maledict.
anatomy, n. dissection; body, structure, skeleton; somatology.
ancestor, n. forefather, progenitor, primogenitor, forbear.
Associated Words: atavic, atavism, lineal, collateral, hereditary,
heredity, genealogy, genealogist.
ancestral, a. patrimonial, hereditary.
ancestry, n. lineage, descent, pedigree, stock, family: ancestors,
progenitors.
anchor, n. (small) kedge, grapnel, grapline, killock.
anchorage, n. mooring.
ancient, a. old, antiquated, archaic, antique, pristine, primitive,
archaean.
ancient writings. Associated Words: diplomatics, paleography,
paleographer, paleographist, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic.
angel, n. seraph, cherub, eudemon, archangel, spirit. Associated
words: angelology, angelophany, dulia, angelhood, angelize, angelolatry,
domination.
angelic, a. seraphic, cherubic, celestial, angelical, heavenly,
divine.
anger, n. indignation, fury, rage, wrath, exasperation, dudgeon,
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