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abeyance
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suspended action
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abject
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wretched, lacking in pride (does not just intensive)
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abjure
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renounce an oath, disavow (like the opposite of aver)
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abnegation
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renunciation, self-sacrifice
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abrogate
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abolish
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abrade
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verb for abrasive
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abscission
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removal by cutting off, as in surgery, separation; like gangrene
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abstruse
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obscure, profound, difficult to understand, sort of like esoteric (neg. connotation)
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accede
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agree (not just give deference or give way) Think in an argument with Ryan: I accede to your point.
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acetic
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NOT ascetic; vinegary
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acrimony
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N. for acrimonious - bitter in words or manner
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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actuate
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motivate - caused to act - like activate but actuate
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acumen
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mental keenness
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acute
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1. quickly perceptive, keen
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adamancy
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n. for adamant - hard, inflexible
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adjunct
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something (generally inferior or nonessential) added or attached
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adjuration *
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solemn urging
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adjure
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v. for adjuration - Olivia adjures her victims that no rape victim she knows regrets testifying.
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adjutant *
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staff officer assisting the commander, assistant; Anne Hathaway plays Streep's adjutant in The Devil Wear Prada.
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