An ______ settlement of the dispute prevented ill feelings
amicable
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amicable(n)
=> amicability
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Amicable (n)
=> amicableness
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Amicable (adv)
=> amicably
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Amity
friendship, friendly relations
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_________ has long existed between the United States and Canada
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Enamored
in love with; charmed by
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They were so _________ of Islamic art that they extended their story in Turkey.
=> enamored
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Inimical
1. Harmful 2. Hostile; unfriendly
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Too much caffeine is _____ to your health
inimical
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Despite the paretn’s efforts to reconcile their progeny, the sisters’ relationship remained ________
inimical
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Odium
hate
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Odious
hateful; distasteful
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Charlotte Bronte’s description of the _________ Lowood School in Jane Eyre was drawn from her own experience with inhumane teachers a boarding school
odious
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Odious (adv)
=> odiously
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Odious (n)
=> odiousness
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odious9n)
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Philos
friend
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Phileo, philein
to love
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Bibliophile
a lover of books
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A visit to the Library of COngress in Washington, D.C., was the highlight of the trip for the ________
bibliophile
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Bibliophile (n)
=> bibliophilia
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Philanthropy
1. Goodwill to fellow human beings 2. A charitable gifts, act or organization
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The leaders felt a spirit of ________ at the signing of the peace treaty
philanthropy
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Andrew Carnegie's _________ provided for public libraries throughout the United Sates
philanthropy
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Philanthropy (adj)
=> philanthropic
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Philanthropy (adj)
=> philanthropic
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Philanthropy (n)
=> philanthropist
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Philanthropy (antonym)
=> misanthropy
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Phobos
fear, flight
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Phobia
strong, irrational fear
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Her ____ of enclosed species prevents her from riding elevators or automobiles
phobia
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Phobia (adj)
=> phobic
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Acrophobia
fear of heights
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________ prevented my climbing to the top of the tower
acrophobia
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Acrophobia (n)
=> acrophobe
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Hydrophobia
1. Fear of water 2. Rabies
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Despite his ________, he finally learned to swim
hydrophobia
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The child who was bitten by a sick squirrel received antirabies vaccine to combat __________
hydrophobia
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Hydrophobia (n)
=> hydrophobe
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Xenophobia
fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign, or of foreigners
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In 2001, the UN’s Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, ________, Intolerance was held in South Africa
xenophobia
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Zenophobia (n)
xenophobe
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Pax, pacis
peace
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Appease
to calm; to satisfy by making concession or giving into demands
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The prime minister ______ the angry crowd by promises of an early election
appease
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Appease (adj)
=> appeasable
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Appease (adj)
=> appeasably
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Appease (n)
=> appeasement
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Appease (n)
=> appeaser
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Pacific
peaceful; serene
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Because the newly discovered oceans seemed so peaceful, Ferdinand Magellan called it “The ______”
Pacific
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Pacific (adv)
pacifically
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Pacify
1.to calm; to make quiet 2., to end war or violence
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Finding the lost doll appeared to be the only way to _____ the sobbing child
pacify
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In the 1485 the feuding houses of York and Lancaster were finally _______, the Wars of Roses concluded when Henry of Lancaster married Elizabeth of York