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amiable adj. friendly, well-disposed, kindly, kind, amicable,<br />

agreeable, congenial, genial, warm, winsome, winning, affable,<br />

agreeable, pleasant, obliging, tractable, approachable, benign,<br />

good-natured, good-hearted, kind-hearted; affectionate: Melissa<br />

is well named for her sweet and amiable disposition.<br />

amicable adj. friendly, amiable, congenial, harmonious, brotherly,<br />

kind-hearted; warm, courteous, cordial, polite, civil, pleasant;<br />

peaceful, peaceable: Our countries have always enjoyed the most<br />

amicable relations.<br />

amid<br />

prep. mid, in or into the middle or midst or centre of,<br />

amongst, among, surrounded by, in the thick of, Literary amidst:<br />

She is sitting in her cottage, Amid the flowers of May. Without<br />

further ado, she plunged amid the waves.<br />

amiss<br />

adj. 1 wrong, at fault, awry, out of order, faulty, defective,<br />

improper, untoward; astray, erroneous, fallacious, confused,<br />

incorrect, off: Something is amiss with the ignition. If I am<br />

amiss in my thinking, let me know.<br />

--adv. 2 wrong, awry, badly, poorly, imperfectly;<br />

inopportunely, unfavourably, unpropitiously: Everything<br />

possible has already gone amiss with the rocket launch. 3<br />

wrongly, improperly, badly; incorrectly, inappropriately: A<br />

word of advice might not come amiss here. 4 take or think (it)<br />

amiss. mistake, misinterpret, misunderstand, take offence (at):<br />

I trust that you will not take amiss what I intended as<br />

constructive criticism.<br />

among prep. 1 amongst, amid, amidst, mid, in the midst or middle or<br />

centre of, surrounded by: Please take a seat among the people<br />

over there. We lay down among the flowers. 2 among, to each or<br />

all (of): The examination booklets were passed out among the<br />

students.<br />

amount v. 1 amount to. a add up to, total, aggregate, come (up) to:<br />

Waiter, what does my bill amount to, please? b become, develop<br />

into: That son of his will never amount to much.<br />

--n. 2 quantity, volume, mass, expanse, bulk, supply, lot;<br />

number; magnitude: What amount of water is needed to fill the<br />

container? She eats a huge amount of chocolates every day. 3

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