AMH Dictionary
Aborigine - the earliest known inhabitants of a region
Abridge - cut short
Absence - failure to be present
Absorb - take in
Abstain - choose not to consume
Acquire - to gain
Adequate - acceptable; enough to meet a purpose
Adjacent - close to but not necessarily touching
Adornment - a decoration
Adverse - contrary to your interests or welfare
Alacrity - liveliness and eagerness
Ambition - a strong drive for success
Amiable - wanting to please; friendly
Anarchy - a state of lawlessness and disorder
Anatomy - bodily structure of humans
Apprentice - a person who learns from an employer
Ardent - intense emotion
Artificial - not natural
Ascension - the act of movement upward
Bandit - armed thief
Banish - drive away
Barbarian - a member of an uncivilized people
Benefactor - a person who helps people
Caravan - a procession traveling together in single file
Cavalier - given to haughty disregard of others
Chronicle - make a historical record
Circumvent - avoid or go around
Clamor - loud, persistent outcry from many people
Commend - express approval of
Competent - sufficiently qualified or capable
Conscience - a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
Consecrate - set apart for a high purpose
Controversy - dispute with strong disagreement
Conversion - a spiritual change to lead a new life
Convert - a person who has come to believe in another religion
Copious - large in number or quantity
Courteous - gracious good manners
Culminate - to reach a final or decisive point
Dainty - delicately beautiful
Dedicate - set apart to sacred uses
Delegation - a group of representatives
Delude - be false to; be dishonest with
Delusion - a mistaken opinion or idea
Destitute - poor enough to need help from others
Dethrone - remove a monarch from the throne
Devote - set aside or apart for a specific use
Devout - devoutly religious; earnest
Dispensary - clinic where medical supplies are given out
Distribute - give out
Eccentricity - strange and unconventional behavior
Economic - relating to the economy
Elaborate - rich in detail
Emerge - come out into view
Eminence - high status importance
Enshrine - enclose in a shrine; hold sacred
Enterprise - industrious undertaking
Entreat - ask for or request earnestly
Envoy - someone on a mission representing someone else
Excavate - find by digging in the ground
Excess - more than is needed
Exile - expel from a country
Expansion - increasing something in size
Expedition - a purposeful journey
Exploit - a notable achievement
Expostulation - an expression of earnest opposition or protest
Extravagant - recklessly wasteful
Fallacious - based on incorrect information
Fanatic - marked by intense devotion to a cause or idea
Fertile - marked by great fruitfulness
Filial - generations following the parental generation
Foreign - of another place or part of the world
Forfeit - surrendered as a penalty
Founder - a person who starts an institution
Genetic - tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity
Ghastly - shockingly repellent
Grotesque - abnormal and hideous
Haven - a safe shelter
Hearsay - gossip
Horde - a vast multitude; a moving crowd
Impending - close in time; about to occur
Imposing - impressive in appearance
Incentive - motivational influence
Incumbent - currently holding an office
Inference - making a logical judgment on the basis of evidence
Influential - having or exercising influence or power
Ingenuity - the power of creative imagination
Instantaneous - occurring with no delay
Intellectual - involving intelligence rather than emotions
Interpreter - mediator between speakers of different languages
Intrepid - invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Intrepid - not vulnerable to fear or intimidation; brave
Itinerant - traveling from place to place to work
Jetty - protective structure that prevents a beach from washing away
Leaflet - a small book usually having a paper cover
Legacy - the long-lasting impact of a person’s life
Linguistic - related to language
Loathsome - highly offensive
Locomotion - the power or ability to move
Lucrative - producing a sizable profit
Magistrate - a public official with judicial authority
Malaria - disease caused by bite of a mosquito shown by chills and fever
Malicious - intending to do harm; mean
Malignant - dangerous to health
Martyr - one who dies for refusing to give up their religion
Massacre - the savage killing of many people
Methodology - the system of disciplined methods
Monarch - a nation's ruler
Monotonous - tediously repetitious
Motley - containing a variety of sorts of things
Navigate - direct or plot the path
Nomadic - people tending to travel
Nominally - in name only
Nuisance - anything that disturbs or annoys
Observant - paying close attention
Ore - a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
Pagan - not acknowledging the God of Christianity
Parish - a local church community
Perish - die
Perplex - make more complicated
Persecution - oppressing or mistreating
Perseverance - persistent determination
Pioneer - one of the first to settle a new territory
Plateau - a relatively flat highland
Pliable - flexible and adjustable
Precarious - dangerously insecure
Precede - come before; be earlier in time
Precipice - a very steep cliff
Predicament - an unpleasant situation
Prejudice - unfair partiality
Prevalence - being widespread in numbers or amount
Primitive - simple or naive in style
Privation - depriving someone of needs
Profuse - produced or growing in extreme abundance
Progeny - the immediate descendants of a person
Prolong - lengthen in time
Protestation - strong declaration of objection
Provision - something necessary that is supplied
Punitive - inflicting punishment
Putrid - having a foul odor
Quagmire - a soft wet area of land that sinks underfoot
Queue - a braid of hair at the back of the head
Rapid - speedy; moving with speed
Rapport - trust and agreement between people
Ravage - devastate or destroy
Recruit - find and enlist a new member
Redemption - purchasing back; saving from sin
Repast - the food served and eaten at one time
Rite - established ceremony
Sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes
Scrupulous - having a sense of right and wrong
Secular - concerning things not dealing with the church
Seminary - a theological school for training ministers
Stamina - enduring strength and energy
Stealthy - taking pains to avoid being observed
Stipulate - speak a requirement
Submerge - cover completely usually with water
Subsequent - following in time or order
Succor - help in a difficult situation
Superstitious - ignorant faith in magic or chance
Supervision - overseeing the performance of a person or group
Suspicious - openly distrustful
Synopsis - a summary of the main points
Teetotaler - a person who never drinks alcohol
Theology - the study of God
Thwart - hinder or prevent
Toil - work hard
Traipse - walk or tramp about
Traverse - travel across
Traverse - travel across
Treacherous - dangerously unstable and unpredictable
Tributary - a stream flowing into a larger stream
Tribute - something given to show honor
Trio - three people
Turbulent - in disorder or unrest
Turmoil - violent disturbance
Tyranny - form of government with absolute dictator
Ubiquitous - being present everywhere at once
Unbridled - uncontrolled
Uncanny - unusual or abnormal
Undaunted - courageous; unshaken in purpose
Undermine - hinder normal operations
Vast - unusually great in size or amount
Vicar - a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
Vice - moral weakness
Vigor - strength of body or mind
Villain - wicked or evil character
Vivid - clear or colorful
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