135. amplify : enlarge
　　* Her attempts to amplify her remarks were drowned out by the jeers of the audience.
　　136. amputate : cut off part of body; prune
　　* When the doctors had to amputate Ted Kennedy's leg to prevent the spread of cancer, he did not let the loss of his leg keep him from participating in sports.
　　137. amok : in a state of rage
　　* The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran amok in the department store.
　　139. anachronism : something or someone misplaced in time
　　* Shakespeare's reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is an anachronism; no clocks existed in Caesar's time.
　　141. analogous : comparable
　　* She called our attention to the things that had been done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same.
　　142. analogy : similarity; parallelism
　　* Your analogy is not a good one because the two situations are not similar.
　　144. anarchy : absence of governing body; state of disorder
　　* The assassination of the leaders led to a period of anarchy.
　　149. anecdote : short account of an amusing or interesting event
　　* Rather than make concrete proposals for welfare reform, President Raegan told anecdotes about poor people who became wealthy despite their impoverished backgrounds.
　　152. anguish : acute pain; extreme suffering
　　* Visiting the site of explosion, Premier Gorbachev wept to see the anguish of the victims and their families.
　　153. angular : sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
　　* His features, though angular, were curiously attractive.
　　156. animosity : active enmity
　　* He incurred the animosity of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.
　　157. animus : hostile feeling or intent
　　* The animus of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.
　　158. annals : records; history
　　* In the annals of this period, we find no mention of democratic movements.
　　162. annuity : yearly allowance
　　* The annuity he set up with the insurance company supplements his social security benefits so that he can live very comfortably without working.

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