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Aberrant
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Departing from an accepted standard.
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deviant, deviating, divergent, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, irregular, nonconformist
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Abscond
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Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft.
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run away, escape, bolt, flee
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Adulterate
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Render something poorer in quality by adding another substance.
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make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint
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Aggrandize
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To increase in wealth/power/status.
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"An action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty"
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Ameliorate
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To make something bad better.
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improve, make better, better, make improvements to, enhance, help
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Anachronism
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A thing belonging to a period other than what it already is in.
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"Everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one anachronism, a bright yellow construction crane."
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Anomalous
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A weird way, different than normal/expected.
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abnormal, atypical, irregular, aberrant, exceptional, freak
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Antipathy
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A deep feeling of dislike.
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hostility, animosity, dislike, distaste, hatred, hate, loathing
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Ascetic
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Adj: Suggesting the practice of severe self discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence. N:A person who practices sever self-discipline/abstention. |
self-denying, self-disciplined, simple, celibate
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Assuage
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Make an unpleasant feeling less intense.
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relieve, ease, suppress, subdue; moderate, lessen, diminish, reduce
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Audacious
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Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.
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daring, fearless
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Aver
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to state or assert to be the case.
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"He averred that he was innocent of the allegations"
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Banal
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so lacking in originality as to be obvious/boring.
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hackneyed, clichéd
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Burgeon
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Begin to grow/increase rapidly.
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flourish, thrive, prosper, improve, develop
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Buttress
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A projecting support of stone brick built against a wall
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prop, support
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Commensurate
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Corresponding in size or degree
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equivalent, equal, corresponding
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Complaisance
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Disposition to please or comply.
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willing, agreeable, amenable, cooperative, accommodating, obliging
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Corroborate
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Confirm or give support to a statement/theory/finding
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confirm, verify, validate, certify
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Culpability
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Responsibility for a fault or wrong.
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guilt, blame, fault, responsibility, accountability, liability
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Decimate
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Kill/destroy/remove a large percentage of something.
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"the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness."
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