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a universally recognized principle taken as given possessing self-evident truth.
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axiom
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to state as a fact; to confirm or support.
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aver
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strenuous taxing, requiring significant effort.
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arduous
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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time.
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archaic
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deviation from the normal order, from or rule; abnormality
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anomaly
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something or someone out of place in terms of its historical or chronological context.
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anachronism
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe.
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astringent
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an _expression of approval or praise
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approbation
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greed especially for wealth
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avarice
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic.
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austere
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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amenable
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a medieval science aimed as the transmutation of metals esp. base metals to gold.
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alchemy
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alacrity
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to make better or tolerable
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ameliorate
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige.
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aggrandize
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to combine several elements into a whole
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amalgamate-
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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aesthetic
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having a sour or bitter taste or character.
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acerbic
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an _expression of praise.
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accolade
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide.
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abscond
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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adulterate
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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adulation
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deviating from the norm
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aberrant
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divination from omens or portents or from chance events
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augury-
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to accept or comply tacitly or passively
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acquiesce
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a substantive word, or phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
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antecedent
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intrepidly daring: adventurous
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audacious
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to abolish by authoritative action.
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abrogate
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to settle judicially
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adjudicate
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friendly relations between nations
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amity
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prematurely born.
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abortive
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accent or emphasize.
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accentuate
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lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested.
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abeyance
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to warn mildly.
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admonish
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power of attraction or fascination
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alluremen
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to take up or in; to receive; to take into partnership, employment or use; to take upon oneself; to take as granted or true; undertake; usurp; suppose
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assume
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quick keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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acumen
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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abate
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one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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ascetic
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sunk to or existing in a low state or condition.
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abject
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a concise statement of a principle; a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment
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aphorism
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marked by avoidance of traditional musical tonality.
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atonal
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to attribute human from or personality to things not hum
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anthropomorphize
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one who assists a clergyman in liturgical service performing minor duties
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acolyte
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one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript
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amanuensis
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the act of alluding to or hinting at.
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allude
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to renounce upon oath; to reject solemnly
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abjure
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to bring into line or alignment; to array on the side of or against a party or cause
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align
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the fidelity owed by a subject or citizen to his sovereign or government
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allegiance
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to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert positiv
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avouch
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to apply an ointment or oily liquid to, by rubb
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anoint
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to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength or extent; inc
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augment-
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to ease or lessen; to appease or satisf
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assuage
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a divine imparting of knowledge or power; inspiration
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afflatus-
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something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, esp. for pleasure; hobby.
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avocation
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a damaging or derogatory remark.
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aspersion
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cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as a religious ritual
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ablution
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. Characterized by abstinence
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abstemious
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known or knowable only to one having the key: secret
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arcane
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.-to absolve from sin, grant absolution to, pardon, forgive; an ejaculatory prayer for the departed
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assoil
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solution, explanation
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assoi
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an apparatus formerly used in distillation; something that refines or transmutes as if by distillation
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alembic
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one who lives in seclusion usually for religious reasons
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anchorite
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an apparatus (as for sterilizing) using super heated steam under pressure
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autoclave
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to subject to the action of an autoclave
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autoclave
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preventing infection; free or freed from pathogenic microorganisms; lacking vitality, emotion, or warmth; detached, objective
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aseptic
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marked by inexcusable failure to exercise intelligence or sound judgment; of or relating to, or resembling an ass
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asinine
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of or relating to, or resembling an eagle; curved like an eagles beak
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aquiline
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a secluded dwelling of a Hindu sage; the group of disciples instructed there; a religious retreat
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ashram
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to attack violently with blows or words
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assail
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the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences; opposition; contrast
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antithesis
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constituting or marked by antithesis
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antithetical
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one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is unnecessary to salvation
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antinomian
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to cripple by a stroke
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apoplexy-
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being notoriously without moderation: extreme
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arrant
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the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup; increase by external addition or accumulation
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accretion
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writings or statements of dubious authenticity; books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament; early Christian writings not included in the new Testament
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apocrypha
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of or relating to the Apocrypha; of doubtful authenticity: spurious
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apocryphal
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having the hand one the hip and the elbow turned outward; set in a bent position
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akimbo
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an accessory item of clothing or equipment; equipment; trappings; a soldiers outfit usually not including clothes and weapons
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accoutrement
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having no definite form: shapeless; being without definite character or nature: unclassifiable; lacking organization or unity
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amorphous
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to pronounce with an accompanying h-sound
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aspirate
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an independent sound \h\ or a character representing it
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aspirate
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the incarnation of a Hindu deity; an incarnation in human form
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the incarnation of a Hindu deity; an incarnation in human form
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a self taught person
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autodidact
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surrender; relinquish; deny; renounce
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abnegation
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sorrow for one’s sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of god; the act of rubbing together: friction; the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment or abuse
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attrition
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of relating to, or situated at the apex; of, relating to, or formed with the tip of the tongue
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apical
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the _expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; an instance(as in a story or painting) of such _expression
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allegory
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