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abate
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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abrogate
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to abolish or annul by authority; put down
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abscission
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act of cutting off or removing
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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accolade
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an expression of praise; an award
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accretion
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growth, increase by successive addition, building ujp
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste or character
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acumen
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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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admonish
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to reprove; to express warning or disapproval
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adroit
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adept, dexterous
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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adulterate
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily
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aesthetic
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alchemy
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a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, especially base metals into gold; any magical or wonderful transformation
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into a whole
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
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agreeable, responsive to suggestion
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anachronism
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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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anathema
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a solemn or religious curse
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anodyne
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soothing
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal order; abnormality
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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antithetical
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diametrically opposed, as in antithesis
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apocryphal
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of dubious origin or authenticity
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apogee
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farthest or highest point
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example
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apposite
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appropriate, pertinent, apropros
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aprise
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give notice to, inform
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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appropriate
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to take for one's own use, confiscate
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arabesque
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complex, ornate design
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arcane
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mysterious, abstruse, esoteric
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archaic
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outdated, associated with earlier
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arduous
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strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
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arrant
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impudent; in every way, being completely such, barefaced, utter
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arrest
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to suspend; to engage
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artless
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completely without guile; natural, without artificiality
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denial
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asperity
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severity, rigor; roughness, harshness, irritiability
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aspersion
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an act of defamation or maligning
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assiduous
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diligent, hard-working
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assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh, severe
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attenuate
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to rarefy, weaken, or make thinner, lessen
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audacious
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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augury
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omen, portent, the reading of omens
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august
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majestic, venerable
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auspice
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protection or support, patronage
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auspicious
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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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avarice
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greed, especially for wealth
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aver
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to state as a fact; to confirm or support
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axiom
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a universally recognized principle
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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baleful
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sinister, pernicious, ominous
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bane
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cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration
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beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly
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bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison
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belie
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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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bent
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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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blandish
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to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
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blithe
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carefree, merry
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boisterous
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loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
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bolster
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to provide support or reinforcement
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bombastic
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pompous, grandiloquent
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boor
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a rude or insensitive person
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broach
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to bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure, countenance
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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burnish
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to polish, rub to a shine
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byzantine
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labrynthine, complex
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cacophany
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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bolster
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to provide support or reinforcement
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bombastic
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pompous, grandiloquent
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boor
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a rude or insensitive person
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broach
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to bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure, countenance
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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burnish
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to polish, rub to a shine
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byzantine
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labrynthine, complex
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cacophany
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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cadge
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to sponge, beg, or mooch
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cajole
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to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk
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calumniate
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to slander, make a false accusation
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canon
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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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