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n mellifluous
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(of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious; having a pleasant tune
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n equivocal
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(of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal
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remunerative
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(of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble
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n cursive
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(of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined
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polity
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(particular form of) political organization; form of government of nation or state; Ex. student polity
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n shambles
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(place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a shambles.
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s upright
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(sitting or standing) straight up; honest; moral
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n wont
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(the stated person's) habit or custom; habitual procedure; ADJ. wonted: customary
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n bloated
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(unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
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s sonnet
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14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern
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arcade
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a covered passageway usually lined with shops
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n scad
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a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes
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n collation
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a light meal; collating
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artisan
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a manually skilled worker
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s regent
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a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child; ADJ. Ex. the Prince regent
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n apiary
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a place where bees are kept
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carillon
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a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played
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renounce
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abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation
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n ventral
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abdominal
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n plasticity
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ability to be molded; ADJ. plastic: capable of being shaped or molded; Ex. plastic material such as clay
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mutablility
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ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant
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foresight
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ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
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n prescience
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ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient
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n empathy
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ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.; identification with and understanding of another's feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy
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n motility
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ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously
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n caliber
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ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber
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soluble
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able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved
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tangible
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able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof
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buoyant
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able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market
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amphibian
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able to live both on land and in water; N.
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solvent
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able to pay all debts; N. solvency
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effectual
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able to produce a desired effect; valid
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discriminating
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able to see differences; discerning; prejudiced; N. discrimination
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s elastic
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able to spring back into shape; quick to recover (as from disappointment); able to adapt to change; Ex. elastic plans; N: elastic material
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n protean
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able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will
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ambulatory
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able to walk
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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s dys-
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abnormal; impaired
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anomalous
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abnormal; irregular
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abrogate
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abolish
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consistency
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absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous
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anarchy
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absence of governing body; state of disorder
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n distrait
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absentminded; distracted
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imperative
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absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done
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assimilate
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absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)
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n refrain
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abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus
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n celibate
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abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy
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n pr\\'ecis
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abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text
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recondite
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abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
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preposterous
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absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous
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n plenitude
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abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary, plenty
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affluence
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abundance; wealth
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n luxuriant
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abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate
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invective
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strongly attacking words; use of such words; abusive rhetoric
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n scurrilous
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abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark
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n vituperative
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abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively
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chasm
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abyss; very deep crack
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n spoonerism
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accidental transposition of sounds in successive words; Ex. ``Let me sew you to your sheet'' for ``Let me show you to your seat''; CF. William Spooner
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n fortuitous
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accidental; by chance; N. fortuity
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adventitious
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accidental; casual; happening by chance
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incriminate
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accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence
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n wean
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accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes
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n habituate
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accustom or familiarize; addict
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n inured
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accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling
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n wangle
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achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.
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appropriate
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate
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exonerate
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acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt
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arbitrate
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act as judge (at the request of both sides)
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incarnation
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act of assuming a human body and human nature; one who personifies something; personification; Ex. previous incarnation/reincarnation
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vivisection
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act of dissecting living animals
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outrage
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act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive
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orientation
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act of finding oneself in society; orienting
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summation
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act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)
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s lookout
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act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch
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s ambush
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act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie in ambush; V.
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s provision
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act of providing; something provided; preparatory measure; provisions: necessary supplies (esp. food); stipulation; condition in an agreement; Ex. According to the provisions of the agreement
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s recital
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act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer)
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diversion
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act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse
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volition
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act of using one's will; act of making a conscious choice; Ex. She selected this dress of her own volition.
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s usage
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act or manner of using; accepted practice; way in which words are actually used
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disjunction
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act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive
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s clown
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act stupidly; play the fool; N.
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pantomime
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acting without dialogue; V.
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stealth
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action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy
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animosity
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active enmity
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vigor
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active strength; energy; enthusiasm; ADJ. vigorous
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anguish
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acute pain; extreme suffering
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s proverb
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adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially
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n leaven
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add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens
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n elaboration
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addition of details; intricacy
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n addendum
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addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)
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accessory
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additional object; useful but not essential thing
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condign
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adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved
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n viscid
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adhesive; gluey
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contiguous
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adjacent to; touching upon
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adjacent
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adjoining; neighboring; close by
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n compromise
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adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N.
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acclimate
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adjust to climate or environment; adapt
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s ward
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administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert
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s ventilate
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admit fresh air into to replace stale air
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