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Word List 3 amenities-apostate

amenities [ 'mi:n tis, 'men-] N. /令人愉快的，礼貌的/convenient features;

courtesies. In addition to the customary amenities for the business traveler-fax machines, modems, a health club-the hotel offers the services of a butler versed in the social amenities.

amiable ['eimj bl] ADJ. /可爱的，友好的，惬意的/agreeable; lovable; warmly

friendly. In Little Women, Beth is the amiable daughter whose loving disposition endears her to all who know her.

amicable ['æmik bl] ADJ. /温和的，友好礼貌的/politely friendly; not

quarrelsome. Beth's sister Jo is the hot-tempered tomboy who has a hard time maintaining amicable relations with those around her. Jo's quarrel with her friend Laurie finally reaches an amicable settlement, but not because Jo turns amiable overnight.

amiss [ 'mis] ADJ. /错误/wrong; faulty. Seeing her frown, he wondered if

anything were amiss. also ADV.

amity ['æm ti] N. /友谊/friendship. Student exchange programs such as

the Experiment in International Living were established to promote international amity.

amnesia [æm'ni:zj ] N. /失忆，健忘/loss of memory. Because she was

suffering from amnesia, the police could not get the young girl to identify herself.

amnesty ['æmnisti] N. /原谅/pardon. When his first child was born, the king

granted amnesty to all in prison.

amoral [ei'm r l] ADJ. /不道德的/nonmoral. The amoral individual lacks a

code of ethics; he cannot tell right from wrong. The immoral person can tell right from wrong; he chooses to do something he knows is wrong.

amorous ['æm r s] ADJ. /爱情的/moved by sexual love; loving. "Love them

and leave them" was the motto of the amorous Don Juan.

amorphous [ 'm :f s] ADJ. /无形的，不成形的/formless; lacking shape or