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Abate
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become less in amount or intensity
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Less fishing bate
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Abberant
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markedly different from an accepted norm
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ABBnormal BEaR ANT
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Abeyance
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temporary cessation or suspension
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Wagner's Opera Tristan und Isolde oBEYs the emotions of cessation and suspension
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Abscond
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run away (usually with someone)
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CONDi Rice runs away from issues
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Abstemious
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sparing in consumption (esp. of food and drink)
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The plant's STEMious is sparing in its consumption of food and water
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Aggregate
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a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
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Liberals AGGRIVATE by AGGREGATING many heterogenous cultures and taking them together as one
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Alacrity
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liveliness or eagerness
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ALaCrity Baldwin has a lot of liveliness and has much eagerness to be a jackass.
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Amalgamate
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to bring or combine something together with something else
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AMALGA von Helga loves to MATE so that she can procreate.
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Ambivalence
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mixed feelings or emotions
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The ambulance driver is confused with his mixed feelings towards saving the man who killed his father.
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Ameliorate
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to make better
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AMELIa Kate does NOT make things better by calling every night. So I don't talk to her any more.
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Apprise
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give information or notice to
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Andrew was given a library to hold all the books which he apprised.
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Approbation
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official approval
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Prohibition made a lot of people go on probation because alcohol was not officially approved.
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Assiduous
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marked by care and consistent effort
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A girl is always worried about her ASS and takes consistent effort to care for it.
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Assuage
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cause to be more favorably inclined; gain good will of
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It is best to give your redheaded girlfriend a mASSUAGE to gain her good will and favorable inclination
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Attenuate
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weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
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Josh's ATTENsion is weak in its consistency just like a glass of lightly tinted water is surely no excellent iced tea!
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Austere
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severely simple
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Austin Powers is a severely simpleminded comedy.
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Aver
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report or maintain
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In order to AVERt disaster, we must report problems and maintain things.
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Banal
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obvious and dull
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Watching an ANAL person observe a camal swimming in a cANAL is not dull.
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Belie
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be in contradiction with
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My belly is in contradiction with my tastebuds. It's full but they want to taste more food. I hate it when they belie like that.
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Bombastic
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ostentatiously lofty in style
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Hitler's bombastic language is as lofty as his bombers are high in the air.
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Boorish
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ill-manored and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
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Usually people who are always bored are boorish. Their boorishness is generally a symptom of a problem which causes boredom.
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Burgeon
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grow and flourish
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A burgler does not have a burgeoning character, but a boorish one.
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Burnish
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polish and make shiny
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My mother tried to burnish our wood furniture with 409 but only took the varnish off and left us with lumber.
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Chicanery
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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually for money)
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Mexicans are excellent at chicanery. That's why they call themselves Chicanos.
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Coda
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the closing section of a musical composition
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DaCODA Fanning likes classical music in one of her movies.
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Cogent
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having the power to influence or convince
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A coagent has cogent power and influence on the agent.
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Commensurate
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corresponding in size or degree
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The Commensurate is a group of Prelates who correspond in size and degree to the Consolate.
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Convoluted
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highly involved or intricate
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The evoluted theory is highly involved and intricate in its lies.
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Craven
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lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
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Kraevehn is the coward who betrays Rolphen in the insurrection.
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Daunt
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cause to lose courage
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A daunt task CAUSES fear.
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Denigrate
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charge falsely with malicious intent; attack the good name of
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Deniggars falsely charge whites with a malicious intent.
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Deride
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treat or speak with contempt
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Treat hitchhikers with contempt for taking deride with strangers.
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Desiccate
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preserve by dehydration
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Don't confuse desiccate with desicrate.
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Desultory
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marked by lack of definite plan or regularity of purpose
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The Desultory Sulton on Aladdin lacked definite plan and regularity of purpose.
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Diffidence
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lack of self-confidence
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The diffident don't differ much from the daunt.
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Disabuse
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free somebody (from false belief)
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False belief is abusive to the soul. Disabuse yourself.
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Disingenuous
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not straightforward or candid; giving false appearance of frankness
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Brett is never straightforward with his answers. He often only appears frank.
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Disparate
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fundamentally different or distinct in kind or quality
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Aquinas is very good at making fundamental distinctions. Thomist Disparationism.
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Dissemble
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make believe with intent to deceive
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Rose Jewelry seems to have a dissembling email address that makes you believe with intent to deceive that they are going to respond.
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Dissonance
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desagreeable sounds
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Punk rock
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Distend
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become wider
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Her body distends as she eats more.
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Divest
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deprive of status or authority
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Several Consuls and Prelates were divested by the Princep.
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Ebullient
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joyously unrestrained
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Brett is ebullient.
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Effrontery
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audacious behavior you have no right to
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The rebellious Consuls and Prelates were also accused of effrontery towards the Princep.
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Endemic
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a disease constantly present to a greater or lesser extent
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Liberalism has been endemic in the past several centuries.
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Enervate
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weaken mentally or morally
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Hitler had the power to enervate all whom he met.
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Ephemeral
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enduring a very short time
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Brett's memory is ephemeral
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Equanimity
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steadiness of mind under stress
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Redheads must cultivate equanimity
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Exculpate
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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
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The Princep exculpated Garus from his false charges
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Exigency
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a sudden unforseen crisis that requires immediate action
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Terri Schaivo's condition was an exigency that was not resolved well.
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