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abjure
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v. renounce/reject; recant; avoid
S-give up; retract A-appropriate, approve |
She abjured her position as president after serving for 10 years.
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abrogate
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v. abolish/annul by authourity; put down
S-cancel A-approve |
After only being married for a day, they wanted to abrogate their marriage.
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abscission
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n. removal
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The abscission of cancerous cells diminishes the likelihood of proliferation
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accretion
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n. grown
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Because she recently saw an accretion of income, she was required to pay more taxes.
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acumen
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n. keen insight
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Playing chess requires acumen in strategy.
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adroit
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adj. skillful
S-adept, desterous, artful A-clumsy, inept |
She has always been an adroit manipulator; even when she was a kid she could get people to do what she wanted.
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abase
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v. lower; degrate; humiliate
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He abased the girl by publicly pointing out her faults
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abet
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v. assist, usually in something wrong; encourage
S-help A-hinder, undermine |
Because she thought she loved him, she abeted her boyfriend when he asked her to help me kill someone.
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abject
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adj. wretched; lacking pride
S-hopeless A-proud |
On the streets of NY the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind
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abnegation
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n. renunciation; self-sacrifice
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The kamikaze's abnegation of their life for their country is considered honorable in Japan.
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ablution
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n. washing
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POWs are sometimes subject to brain ablutions.
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abominable
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adj. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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Listening to her horrid voice was abominable to my ears.
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abominate
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v. loathe; hate
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Racists abominate other races then their own.
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aboriginal
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adj. first of kind in region, primitive
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The aboriginals of the America's were the Native Americans.
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abortive
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adj. unsuccessful
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Although she hoped to give birth, the fetus spontaneously aborted.
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absolve
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v. pardon
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God absolves all confessed sins.
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abstruse
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adj. obscure, profound; difficult to understand
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Philosophy tends to be abstruse in that its hard to apprehend.
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abut
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v. border upon; adjoin
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We want to put up a fence where our land abuts with our neighbor's.
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abysmal
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adj. bottomless
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An abysmal pit
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abyss
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n. enormous chasm; vast, bottomless pit
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abysmal pit
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accede
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v. agree, consent to
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I accede to participate in this experiment.
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acclaim
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v. applaud; announce with great approval
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the critically acclaimed motion picture won an oscar.
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acclimate
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v. adjust to climate/enviro; adopt
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Acculturation usually involves acclimation as well because one moves to a new location.
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acclivity
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n. sharp upslope of a hill
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The acclivitive roads in San Franciso can be extremely difficult to drive on
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accord
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n. agreement
S-concurment, accedement |
The accord between the two countries lead to the development of a treaty.
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accost
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v. approach and speak first to a person
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Rather than accost, I usually wait until the other person speaks first.
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accoutre
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v. equip, prepare
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The boyscouts motto is to always be accoutred.
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acetic
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adj. vinegary
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Mom's sugar/vinigar cucumbers are acetic; so is wine when it turns "bad"
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acme
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n. peak; highest point
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Mark's sexual acme was at 18; after that it went downhill
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acquiesce
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v. assent; agree passively
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Although I didn't tell her yes or no, she thought I acquiesced, so she made reservations since I didn't object.
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acquittal
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n. deliverance from charge
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She hoped for the judge to abate the charges, but she didn't expect that the jury would aquit him and claim him innocent
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acrid
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adj. sharp, bitter
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Mom likes japanese acrid melon.
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acrimonious
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adj. bitter in words or manner.
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Her acrimonious words scared the victim into giving up her purse
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acrophobia
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n. fear of heights
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He couldn't look out the window of a skyscraper because of his acrophobia
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actuarial
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adj. calculating
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actuate
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v. motivate
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When trying the accused, one always looks for an actuation as to why someone did what they did.
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adage
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n. wise in saying; proverb
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An adage is just like an axiom
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adamant
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adj. hard, inflexible
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Their adamant schedules made it difficult to find a good time for both of them to meet.
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addendum
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n. addition; appendix to book
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The addendum of her dissertation included copies of all documentation used in her research.
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addle
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v. muddle, drive crazy, become rotten
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The annoying screeching addled her.
They sometimes throw addled tomatoes when the performance was bad. |
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adherent
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n. supporter, follower
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Its unfortunate that the guilible cult adherents gave up all of their possessions to their leader
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adjunct
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n. something added on or attached
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The adjunct professor wasn't a true professor, and was only asked to teach when they needed extra staff.
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adjuration
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n. serious urging
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Her adjuration to tell the truth did not change the witnesses' testimony
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adorn
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v. decorate
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adept
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adj. expert at
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Kathleen is adept at spss syntax
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