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avidity
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n. Greediness.
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accommodate
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v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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acclaim
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v. To utter with a shout.
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accessory
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n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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accession
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n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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avocation
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n. Diversion.
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accessible
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adj. Approachable.
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accelerate
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v. To move faster.
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abundant
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adj. Plentiful.
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academy
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n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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academician
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n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
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abstinence
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n. Self denial.
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apposite
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adj. Appropriate.
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abusive
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adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
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abrogate
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v. To abolish, repeal.
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academic
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adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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abstruse
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adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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abstemious
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adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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absorption
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n. The act or process of absorbing.
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abstain
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v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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absolve
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v. To free from sin or its penalties.
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absolution
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n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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absent-minded
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adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
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absence
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n. The fact of not being present or available.
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abscission
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n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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abscond
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v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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abridgment
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n. A condensed form as of a book or play.
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abscess
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n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abridge
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v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
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abrasion
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n. That which is rubbed off.
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aboveboard
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adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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aborigines
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n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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aboriginal
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adj. Primitive; unsophisticated.
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abomination
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n. A very detestable act or practice.
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abominate
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v. To hate violently.
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abominable
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adj. Very hateful.
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abnormal
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adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
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abnegate
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v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
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ablution
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n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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able-bodied
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adj. Competent for physical service.
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abidance
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n. An abiding.
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abhorrent
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adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
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abhorrence
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n. The act of detesting extremely.
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abeyance
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n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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aberration
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n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abduction
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n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
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abdominal
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n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
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abdomen
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n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
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abdicate
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v. To give up (royal power or the like).
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affront
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n. An open insult or indignity.
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affluence
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n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
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affirmative
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adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.
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affiliate
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n. Some auxiliary person or thing.
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affectation
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n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
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affable
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adj. Easy to approach.
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aerostatics
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n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
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aerostat
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n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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aeronautics
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n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
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aeronaut
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n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
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advocate
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n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
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advocacy
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n. The act of pleading a cause.
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advisory
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adj. Not mandatory.
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advertiser
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n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
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adversity
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n. Misfortune.
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adverse
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adj. Opposing or opposed.
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adumbrate
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v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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adulterate
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v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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adulterant
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n. An adulterating substance.
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adoration
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n. Profound devotion.
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admonition
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n. Gentle reproof.
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admonish
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v. To warn of a fault.
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admittance
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n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
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admissible
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adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
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administrator
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n. One who manages affairs of any kind.
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adjutant
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adj. Auxiliary.
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adjuration
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n. A vehement appeal.
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adjunct
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n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
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adjudge
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v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
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adjacent
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n. That which is near or bordering upon.
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adjacency
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n. The state of being adjacent.
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adhesion
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n. The state of being attached or joined.
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adherent
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adj. Clinging or sticking fast.
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adherence
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n. Attachment.
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addendum
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n. Something added, or to be added.
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adamant
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n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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actuary
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n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
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actuality
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n. Any reality.
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apposition
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n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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actionable
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adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
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acrimony
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n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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acrimonious
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adj. Full of bitterness.
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acreage
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n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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acquaintance
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n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
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acquittal
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n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
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acquisition
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n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
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acquire
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v. To get as one's own.
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acquiescence
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n. Passive consent.
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acquiesce
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v. To comply; submit.
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acquaint
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v. To make familiar or conversant.
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acoustic
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adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
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acknowledgment
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n. Recognition.
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acknowledge
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v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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acidify
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v. To change into acid.
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achromatic
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adj. Colorless,
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Achillean
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adj. Invulnerable.
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acerbity
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n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency. acetate n. A salt of acetic acid.
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accustom
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v. To make familiar by use.
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accusatory
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adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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accusation
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n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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accursed
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adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
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accurate
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adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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accuracy
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n. Exactness.
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accumulate
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v. To become greater in quantity or number.
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accredit
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v. To give credit or authority to.
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accouter
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v. To dress.
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account
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n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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accordion
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n. A portable free-reed musical instrument.
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accomplish
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v. To bring to pass.
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accomplice
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n. An associate in wrong-doing.
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accompany
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v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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accompanist
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n. One who or that which accompanies.
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accompaniment
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n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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ancestry
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n. One's ancestors collectively.
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anatomy
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n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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anathema
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n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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anarchy
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n. Absence or utter disregard of government.
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analyze
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v. To examine minutely or critically.
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analyst
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n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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analogous
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adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
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anagram
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n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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anachronism
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n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
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amusement
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n. Diversion.
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amputate
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v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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amplitude
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n. Largeness.
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amphitheater
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n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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amphibious
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adj. Living both on land and in water.
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ampersand
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n. The character &; and.
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amorphous
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adj. Without determinate shape.
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amorous
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adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.
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amicable
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adj. Done in a friendly spirit.
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Americanism
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n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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amenable
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adj. Willing and ready to submit.
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ameliorate
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v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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ambulate
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v. To walk about
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ambulance
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n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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ambrosial
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adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
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ambitious
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adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
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ambiguous
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adj. Having a double meaning.
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ambidextrous
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adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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amatory
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adj. Designed to excite love.
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amateur
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adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
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amalgamate
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v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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amalgam
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n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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altruist
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n. One who advocates or practices altruism.
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altruism
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n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
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alto n.
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The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
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altitude
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n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
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alternative
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n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
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alternate
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n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
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altercate
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v. To contend angrily or zealously in words.
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alteration
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n. Change or modification.
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almanac
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n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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alluvion
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n. Flood.
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allusion
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n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
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allotment
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n. Portion.
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alliance
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n. Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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alleviate
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v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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allegory
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n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
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alienation
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n. Estrangement.
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alienate
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v. To cause to turn away.
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alienable
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adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
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aldermanship
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n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
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alderman
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n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
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alcoholism
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n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
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alchemy
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n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
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alacrity
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n. Cheerful willingness.
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alabaster
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n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
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ailment
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n. Slight sickness.
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agrarian
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adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
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agitate
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v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
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aggrieve
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v. To give grief or sorrow to.
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aggression
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n. An unprovoked attack.
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aggregate
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n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
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aggravation
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n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
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aggravate
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v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
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aggrandize
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v. To cause to appear greatly.
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agglomerate
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v. To pile or heap together.
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afterthought
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n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
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aforesaid
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adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
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appertain
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v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession,or natural relation.
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append v.
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o add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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appellation
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n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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appellate
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adj. Capable of being appealed to.
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appease
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v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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apparition
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n. Ghost.
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apparent
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adj. Easily understood.
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apothecary
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n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
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apostle
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n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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apostate
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adj. False.
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apostasy
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n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
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apology
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n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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aphorism
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n. Proverb.
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aperture
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n. Hole.
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anxious
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adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
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antonym
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n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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antitoxin
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n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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antistrophe
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n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the
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antispasmodic
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adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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antislavery
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adj. Opposed to human slavery.
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antiseptic
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n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
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antique
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adj. Pertaining to ancient times.
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antiquate
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v. To make old or out of date.
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antiquary
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n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antipodes
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n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antiphony
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n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antiphon
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n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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antipathize
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v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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antilogy
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n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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antidote
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n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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anticyclone
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n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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anticlimax
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n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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Antichrist
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n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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anthropology
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n. The science of man in general.
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anthracite
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n. Hard coal.
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anthology
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n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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anteroom
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n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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anterior
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adj. Prior.
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antenatal
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adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
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antemundane
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adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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antemeridian
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adj. Before noon.
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antediluvian
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adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antedate
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v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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antechamber
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n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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antecedent
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n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
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antecede
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v. To precede.
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Antarctic
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adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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antagonism
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n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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anonymous
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adj. Of unknown authorship.
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annunciation
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n. Proclamation.
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annotate
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v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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annihilate
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v. To destroy absolutely.
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annalist
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n. Historian.
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animosity
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n. Hatred.
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animate
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v. To make alive.
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animalcule
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n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
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animadvert
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v. To pass criticism or censure.
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animadversion
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n. The utterance of criticism or censure.
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anhydrous
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adj. Withered.
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angular
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adj. Sharp-cornered.
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Anglo-Saxon
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n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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Anglophobia
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n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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angelic
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adj. Saintly.
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anesthetic
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adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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anemometer
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n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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anecdote
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n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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augment
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v. To make bigger.
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auditory
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adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
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audition
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n. The act or sensation of hearing.
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audible
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adj. Loud enough to be heard.
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audacious
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adj. Fearless.
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attache
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n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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atrocity
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n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
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atrocious
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adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
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atonement
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n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
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atomizer
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n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
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athwart
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adv. From side to side.
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athirst
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adj. Wanting water.
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atheism
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n. The denial of the existence of God.
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astringent
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adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
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assuage
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v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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assonate
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v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
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assonant
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adj. Having resemblance of sound.
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assonance
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n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
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assimilate
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v. To adapt.
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assignee
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n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
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assiduous
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adj. Diligent.
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assessor
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n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
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assassinate
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v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
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assassin
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n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
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assailant
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n. One who attacks.
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aspiration
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n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
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aspirant
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n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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asperity
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n. Harshness or roughness of temper.
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askance
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adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
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asexual
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adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.
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ascetic
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adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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ascension
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n. The act of rising.
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ascendant
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adj. Dominant.
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artless
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adj. Ingenuous.
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artifice
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n. Trickery.
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Arthurian
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adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
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Artesian well
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n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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arrogate
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v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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arrogant
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adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrival
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n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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arrangement
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n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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arrange
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v. To put in definite or proper order.
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arraign
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v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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aristocrat
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n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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aristocracy
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n. A hereditary nobility
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archipelago
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n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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archetype
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n. A prototype.
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archaeology
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n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
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archdeacon
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n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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archbishop
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n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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archangel
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n. An angel of high rank.
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archaism
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n. Obsolescence.
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archaic
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adj. Antiquated
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arboriculture
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n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arboretum
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n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arborescent
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adj. Having the nature of a tree.
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arboreal
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adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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arbitrate
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v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arbitrary
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adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
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arbiter
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n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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aqueous
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adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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aqueduct
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n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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appropriate
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adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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approbation
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n. Sanction.
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apprehensible
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adj. Capable of being conceived.
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apprehend
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v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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appreciable
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adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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appraise
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v. To estimate the money value of.
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aversion
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n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
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avarice
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n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.
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avalanche
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n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
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auxiliary
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n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
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autumnal
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adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
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autopsy
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n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
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autonomy
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n. Self-government.
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autonomous
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adj. Self-governing.
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automaton
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n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
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autocrat
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n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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autocracy
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n. Absolute government.
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autobiography
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n. The story of one's life written by himself.
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authenticity
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n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and
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authentic
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adj. Of undisputed origin.
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autarchy
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n. Unrestricted power.
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austere
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adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
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auspice
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n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
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auriferous
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adj. Containing gold.
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auricular
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adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of
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auricle
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n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
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Augustinian
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adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
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apotheosis
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n. Deification.
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cursive
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adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together.
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cursory
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adj. Rapid and superficial.
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credible
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adj. Believable.
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credence
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n. Belief.
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creamery
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n. A butter-making establishment.
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craving
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n. A vehement desire.
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cranium
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n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
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coxswain
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n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
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covenant
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n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
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courtesy
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n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
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courser
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n. A fleet and spirited horse.
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courageous
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adj. Brave.
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countryman
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n. A rustic.
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counting-house
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n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
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countervail
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v. To offset.
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counterpart
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n. Something taken with another for the completion of either.
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counterfeit
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adj. Made to resemble something else.
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countercharge
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v. To accuse in return.
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counterbalance
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v. To oppose with an equal force.
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counteract
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v. To act in opposition to.
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counter-claim
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n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
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cosmopolitan
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adj. Common to all the world.
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cosmology
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n. The general science of the universe.
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cosmography
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n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
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cosmogony
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n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
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cosmetic
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adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
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corruption
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n. Loss of purity or integrity.
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corruptible
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adj. Open to bribery.
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corrosive
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n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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corrosion
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n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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corrode
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v. To ruin or destroy little by little.
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corroboration
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n. Confirmation.
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corroborate
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v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
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corrigible
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adj. Capable of reformation.
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correlative
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adj. Mutually involving or implying one another.
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correlate
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v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
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corpuscle
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n. A minute particle of matter.
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corpulent
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adj. Obese.
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corporeal
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adj. Of a material nature; physical.
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corporate
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adj. Belonging to a corporation.
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corporal
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adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
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coronet
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n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
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coronation
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n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
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corollary
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n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
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cornucopia
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n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
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cornice
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n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
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coquette
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n. A flirt.
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copious
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adj. Plenteous.
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convulsion
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n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
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convulse
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v. To cause spasms in.
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convolve
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v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
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convolution
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n. A winding motion.
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convivial
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adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
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conveyance
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n. That by which anything is transported.
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convertible
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adj. Interchangeable.
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conversion
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n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
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cynosure
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n. That to which general interest or attention is directed.
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cynicism
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n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
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cynical
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adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.
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cycloid
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adj. Like a circle.
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curtail
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v. To cut off or cut short.
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consignee
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n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
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consign
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v. To entrust.
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conservatory
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n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
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conservative
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adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.
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conservatism
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n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
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consensus
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n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
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consecutive
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adj. Following in uninterrupted succession.
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consecrate
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v. To set apart as sacred.
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conscript
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v. To force into military service.
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conscious
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adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
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conscientious
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adj. Governed by moral standard.
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conscience
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n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
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consanguineous
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adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
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conquer
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v. To overcome by force.
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connubial
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adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
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curator
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n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.
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curable
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adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.
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cupidity
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n. Avarice.
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culvert
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n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
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culprit
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n. A guilty person.
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culpable
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adj. Guilty.
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culinary
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adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
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crystallize
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v. To bring together or give fixed shape to.
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cryptogram
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n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
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crustaceous
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adj. Having a crust-like shell.
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crustacean
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adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
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crusade
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n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
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crucible
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n. A trying and purifying test or agency.
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crockery
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n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
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critique
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n. A criticism or critical review.
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criterion
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n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
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crevice
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n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
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crevasse
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n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
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crematory
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adj. A place for cremating dead bodies.
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credulous
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adj. Easily deceived.
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