141. AMNESIA
- Meaning - Partial or total loss of memory.
- Synonyms - Memory loss, blackout.
- Antonyms - Retention or Retentiveness.**
- Usage - He suffered from temporary amnesia after the accident and could not remember anything for a while.
** – Contributor - David.
142. AMNESTY
- Meaning - A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses.
- Synonyms - absolution, condonation, excuse, forgiveness, pardon, remission.
- Antonyms – Arrest.
- Usage - The prisoner pleaded for amnesty.
143. AMOK / AMUCK
- Meaning - to run about in a violent frenzy.
- Synonyms -amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed, murderously
- Antonyms - Non-destructive, controlled.
- Usage - Run amok.
144. AMOROUS
- Meaning - Strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love.
- Synonyms - amative, concupiscent, erotic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, prurient, sexy.
- Antonyms - cold, cool, frigid, hateful, indifferent, unfriendly
- Usage – Sarah’s amorous adventures were great fun in Paris.
145. AMOUR
- Meaning - A love affair, especially an illicit one.
- Synonyms - affair, love, love affair, romance.
- Antonyms – dislike, hate, hatred.
- Usage - Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
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146. AMORPHOUS
- Meaning - Lacking definite form; shapeless.
- Synonyms - formless, inchoate, shapeless, unformed, unshaped.
- Antonyms - definite, distinct, distinctive, shaped, shapely.
- Usage - Gelatin is amorphous until it is placed in a mold.
147. AMPHIBIAN
- Meaning - An animal capable of living both on land and in water.
- Synonyms - amphibious
- Antonyms – aquatic, terrestrial.
- Usage - Frogs are amphibians.
148. AMPHITHEATER ( *RE)
- Meaning - a round or oval building with an open space (arena) surrounded by rising rows of seats
- Synonyms – coliseum, amphitheatre.
- Antonyms – // Comment if you Know.
- Usage - It will be a natural amphitheater with waterfalls perfumed by tropical flowers.
149. AMPLITUDE
- Meaning – Greatness of size; magnitude.
- Synonyms - bulk, magnitude, mass, size, volume, bigness, greatness, largeness, magnitude, sizableness,
- Antonyms - rareness, emptiness, incompleteness, need, void, want.
- Usage – The wave amplitude varies from zero ( nodes ) to a maximum, half way between the nodes.
150. AMPLE
- Meaning- large in size, extent, scope, more than enough; abundant.
- Synonyms – sufficient, adequate, abundant, plentiful, spacious, roomy, extensive.
- Antonyms - insufficient, meager, not enough.
- Usage – Ample parking for two or three cars.
