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aerie |
nest of a large bird of prey |
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aesthetic
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artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics
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affable
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easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affected
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artificial; pretended
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affidavit
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written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)
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affiliation
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joining; associating with
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affinity
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feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages
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affinity
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close connection relationship
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affirmation
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positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination
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affliction
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state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on
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affluence
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abundance; wealth
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affront
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
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afterlife
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life after death; later part of one's life
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agape
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openmouthed
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agenda
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items of business at a meeting
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agglomeration
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collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap
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aggrandize
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make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement
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aggravate
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make worse irritate
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aggregate
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sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars
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aghast
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filled with great surprise or fear; horrified
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agile
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active quick-moving
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agility
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nimbleness; ability to move quickly
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agitate
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stir up; disturb
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agnostic
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one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
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agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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agog
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eager/excited
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agrarian
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pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform
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ail
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trouble be ill
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airy
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of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness without reluctance
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alchemy
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medieval chemistry
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alcove
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nook; recess
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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alias
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an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias
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alienate
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make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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alimony
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payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
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allay
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calm; pacify
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allege
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state without proof
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allegiance
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loyalty
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allegiance
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duty support loyalty
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allegory
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story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable
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alleviate
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relieve (pain)
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alleviate
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alliteration
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repetition of beginning sound in poetry
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allocate
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assign; set apart for a particular purpose
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alloy
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mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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allude
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refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference
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allure
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entice; attract; tempt
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alluvial
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pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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alms
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money or goods given to the poor
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aloft
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upward; high up in the air
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aloof
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apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.
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aloof
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reserved indifferent
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altercation
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noisy quarrel
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altruistic
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unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism
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amalgam
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combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth |
