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academic
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of or pertaining to an academy, college or university.
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adjective
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academician
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a member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
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noun
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academy
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any institution where higher branches of learning are taught.
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noun
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accede
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to agree
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verb
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accelerate
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to move faster.
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verb
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accept
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to take when offered.
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verb
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access
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a way of approach or entrance; passage
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noun
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accessible
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approachable
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adjective
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accession
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introduction or elevation; as to dignity, office, or government.
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noun
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accessory
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a person or thing tha aids the principal agent.
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noun
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acclaim
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to utter with a shout.
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verb.
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accommodate
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to furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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verb
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accompaniment
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a subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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noun
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accompanist
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one who or that which accompanies
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noun
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accompany
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to go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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verb
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accomplice
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an associate in wrong-doing.
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noun
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accomplish
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to bring to pass.
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verb
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accordion
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a portable free-reed musical instrument.
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noun
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accost
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to speak to.
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verb
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account
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a record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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noun
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accouter
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to dress
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verb
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accredit
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to give credit or authority to
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verb
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accumulate
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to become greater in quantity or number.
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verb
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accuracy
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exactness.
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noun
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accurate
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conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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adjective
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accursed
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doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
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adjective
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accusation
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a charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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noun
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accusatory
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of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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adjective
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accuse
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to charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
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verb
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accustom
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to make familiar by use.
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verb
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acerbity
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sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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noun
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acetate
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a salt of acetic acid.
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noun
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acetic
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of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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adjective
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ache
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to be in pain or distress.
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verb
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Achillean
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invulnerable
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adjective
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achromatic
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colorless
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adjective
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acid
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a sour substance
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noun
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acidify
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to change into acid
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verb
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acknowledge
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to recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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verb
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acknowledgment
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recognition
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noun
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acme
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the highest point, or summit.
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noun
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acoustic
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pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
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adjective
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acquaint
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to make familiar or conversant.
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verb
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acquiesce
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to comply; submit
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verb
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acquiescence
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passive consent.
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noun
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acquire
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to get as one's own.
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verb
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acquisition
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anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
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noun
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acquit
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to free or clear, as from accusation.
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verb
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acquittal
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a discharge from accusation by judicial action.
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noun
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acreage
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Quantity or extent of land, especially cultivated land.
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noun
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acrid
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harshly pungent or bitter.
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adjective
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acrimonious
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full of bitterness
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adjective
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acrimony
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Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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noun
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actionable
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affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
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adjective
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actuality
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any reality.
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noun
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actuary
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an officer, as of an insurance company,who calculates and states the risks and premiums
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noun
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actuate
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to move or incite to action.
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verb
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acumen
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quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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acute
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having fine and penetrating discernment.
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adjective
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