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Amenity
- noun - Desirable/pleasing feature
- pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age"
Amiably
- adverb - in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably"
Amnesty
- noun - a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
- grant a pardon to (a group of people)
- the formal act of liberating someone
Amplify
- verb - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
- increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
- increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
Analogy
- noun - an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
- the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
Anarchy
- noun - a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
Anatomy
- noun - a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes"
- alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
- the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
Anchovy
- noun - small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
- tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces