AM/IM comes from the Latin word amare, “to love.” Amiable means “friendly or good-natured,” and amigo is Spanish for “friend.”
Amicable: friendly, peaceful. Their relations with their in-laws were generally amicable, despite some bickering during the holidays.
Enamored: charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love. Rebecca quickly became enamored of the town's rustic surroundings, its slow pace, and its eccentric characters.
Inimical: hostile, unfriendly, or harmful. This latest report, like so many earlier ones, found that too great a concern with test scores was inimical to a broad education.
Paramour: A lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom. He was her paramour for many years before she finally divorced her husband.
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