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abdicate
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(v) to give up formally, as an office, duty, power, or claim.
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abet
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(v) to encourage or assist, esp. in wrongdoing
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abhor
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(v) to regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensley
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abject
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(adj) a. wretched, miserable; degrading, humiliating.
b. mean-spirited, base; despicable, contemptible. c.complete and unrelieved. |
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abslove
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(v) to clear of guilt or blame
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abstain
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(v) to refrain completely and voluntarily.
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academic
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(adj) a. pertaining to a college or other institution of learning; scholarly.
b.theoretical rather than practical; unrealistic. |
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accede
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(v) a. to yeild to; to agree to.
b. to enter upon an office or dignity. |
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acclimate
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(v) to get used to (usually environmental situation)
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addiction
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(n) a habit-forming practice or pursuit, usually one that is bad for a person's health or morally objectionable; habitual use of, or devotion to, something
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