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Abbreviate
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reduce in size while retaining essential elements; Its much easier to abbreviate words when i am texting
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Abstemious
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sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; The athlete's abstemious diet did not give her enough energy.
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Amass
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collect or gather; Having worked so hard throughout his life, he manged to amass a fortune
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Ambiguous
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having more than one possible meaning;rustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy;
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Ambivalence
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mixed feelings or emotions; the state of having conflicting feelings or attitude;The girl was feeling some ambivalence when she had to choose between two very close answers
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Amorphous
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having no definite form or distinct shape; Polygons are sometimes amorphous
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Anarchy
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the absence of a system of government and law; the country was under an Anarchy rule
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Angular
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having angles; sharp cornered; His face was rather angular in shape.
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Apathetic
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showing little or no emotion or animation; a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older;
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Apprehensive
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mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried;
She was apprehensive about walking down her street at night |