5 Words A Day

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abet

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to support or encourage someone, especially someone who has done something wrong

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abeyance

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suspension; temporary cessation

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abjure

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to repudiate; to take back; to refrain from

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abomination

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something despised or abhorred; extreme loathing

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aboriginal

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native; dating back to the very beginning

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abound

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to be very numerous

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abounding

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abundant

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accede

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to give in; to yield; to agree

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accentuate

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to emphasize; to accent; to highlight

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access

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the right or ability to approach, enter, or use; to obtain the right to approach or use

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acclaim

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to praise publicly and enthusiastically; enthusiastic applause

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acclamation

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a shout or salute of enthusiastic approval; an oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot

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accord

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to agree; to be in harmony; to grant or bestow

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accouterments

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personal clothing, accessories, or equipment; trappings

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acquisitive

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seeking or tending to acquire; greedy

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acquit

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to find not guilty; to behave or conduct oneself

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acquittal

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an act of finding not guilty

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acronym

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a word made up of the initials of other words

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adduce

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to bring forward as an example or as proof; to cite

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adjourn

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to suspend until another time

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adjunct

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something added to or connected with something else; an assistant

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ad-lib

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to improvise; speak or act spontaneously

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advent

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arrival; coming; beginning

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adventitious

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accidental; connected to but nonetheless unrelated; irrelevant

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advocacy

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support of or agreement with a position

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advocate

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a person who argues in favor of a position; to speak, plead, or argue in favor of

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inaccessible

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hard to understand or hard to get into

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palindrome

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a word or expression that reads the same way from right to left as it does from left to right

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affidavit

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a sworn written statement made before an official

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affiliate

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to become closely associated with; a person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member

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affliction

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misery; illness; great suffering; a source of misery, illness, or great suffering

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afflict

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to inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on

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aftermath

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consequence; events following some occurrence or calamity

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aggrandize

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to exaggerate; to cause to appear greater; to increase (something) in power, reputation, wealth, etc.

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self-aggrandizing

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aggressively increasing one's power, reputation, or wealth, always with a distinctly negative connotation

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aggrieve

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to mistreat; to do grievous injury to; to distress

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aghast

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terrified; shocked

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alchemy

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a seemingly magical process of transformation

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alienate

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to estrange; to cause to feel unwelcome or unloved; to make hostile

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allegience

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loyalty

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allot

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to apportion, allocate, or assign

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altercation

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a heated fight, argument, or quarrel

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amass

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to pile up; to accumulate; to collect for one's own use

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amid

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in the middle of

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angst

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anxiety; fear; dread

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annex

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to add or attach; a small connecting structure added to a building

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annuity

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an annual allowance or income; the annual interest payment on an investment; any regular allowance or income

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antedate

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to be older than; to have come before

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anterior

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situated in front

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posterior

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situated in back

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anthropomorphic

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ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman animals or objects

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antipodal

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situated on opposite sides of the earth; exactly opposite

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antipodes

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any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth; something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode

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antiquary

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a person who studies ancient things

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aperture

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an opening

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apex

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highest point

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apogee

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the most distant point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite from the center of the earth; the farthest or highest point

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perigee

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the point nearest the earth's center in the orbit of the moon or a satellite

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apoplexy

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stroke (that is, numbness and paralysis resulting from the sudden loss of blood flow to the brain)

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apoplectic

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of, resembling, or produced by apoplexy; extremely angry; furious

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apostasy

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abandonment or rejection of faith or loyalty

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appalling

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causing horror or consternation

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apparition

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a ghost or ghostly object

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appellation

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a name

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appendage

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something added on to something else; a supplement

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append

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to add something on to something else

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appendix

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a small, apparently useless organ attached to the intestine

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apportion

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to distribute proportionally; to divide into portions

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apposite

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distinctly suitable; pertinent

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appraise

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to estimate the value or quality of; to judge

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appraisal

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an act of estimating the value or quality of or an act of judging

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apprise

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to give notice to; to inform

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appurtenance

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something extra; an appendage; an accessory

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apropos

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appropriate; coming at the right time

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apt

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appropriate; having a tendency to; likely

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arcade

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a passageway defined by a series of arches; a covered passageway with shops on either side; an area filled with coin-operated games

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archives

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a place where historical documents or materials are stored; the documents or materials themselves

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armament

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implements of war; the process of arming for war

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armistice

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truce; a temporary cessation of fighting by mutual consent

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arraign

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to bring to court to answer an indictment; to accuse

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arrant

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utter; unmitigated; very bad; absolute; total; complete

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arrears

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the state of being in debt; unpaid debts

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articulate

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to pronounce clearly; to express clearly

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artisan

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a person skilled in a craft

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archivist

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a person who archives (places or stores things in archives) things in archives

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archival

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having to do with archives; describing something that won't deteriorate over time