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abate
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to lesson in intensity or degree
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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ab + err
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abscond
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to depart, steal away and hide
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ab + scond
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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ac + col
celebration with kolaid |
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste of character
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acumen
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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge of insight
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Jesus' acute knowledge of men
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adulation
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excessive praise
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige
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person is intense in power and prestige, to climb the corporate ladder.
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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al (a totally special and other) + critical interest
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into a whole
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malg
amalgamate the aggregate |
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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am = love
mel = to make mellow to make more mellow and friendly positive, opposite emphasis of assuage |
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anachronism
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something or someone out of place in terms of its historical or chronological context
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal order, form, or rule
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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a (not)
prob (test/prove) |
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assuage
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to ease or lesson, to appease or pacify
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sua;
negative; opposite emphasis as ameliorate |
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austere
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without adornment, bare, severly simple
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us = use
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avarice
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greed, especially for wealth
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lots of rice
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aver
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to state as a fact; to confirm or support
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ver
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axiom/axiomatic
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a universally recognized principle, taken as a given
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axis of the world
universal principle driven down the north pole |
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bombast
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self-evident or pompous writing or speech
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imagine bomb going off when the speech is made
bomb - like<br /> bombast rhymes with pompous |
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral
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playing the bugle in the great outdoors
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly, to flourish
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burgers growing on trees
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound
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canon
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an established set of principles or rules
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canonical
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following or in agreement with orthodox requirements
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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cap = mind
prickly minded |
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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cast him away after scolding and punishing him
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censure
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to criticize severely, to officially rebuke
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like in a census
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chary
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wary; cautious
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chary rhymes with wary
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chicanery
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trickery or subterfuge
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trick-canery
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