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aberrant
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adj. deviating from what is normal, anomolous
aberration (n.): something different from the usual/normal |
adjective
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abeyance
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n. temporary suspension or suppression
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noun
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abject
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adj. miderable, pitiful
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adjective
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abjure
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v. to reject, abandon formally
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verb
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admonish
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v. to caution or reprimand
The judge admonished the jury to discount testimony that had been ruled inadmissible. The poet admonished the critic for failing to appreciate the suble changes in his poem's meter. |
verb
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affected
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adj. pretentious, phony, fake
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affinity
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n. fondness, liking, similarity
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noun
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aggregate
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adj. amounting to a whole
verb. to collect into a mass noun. collective mass/sum The final plan is an aggregate of ideas from everyone in the class. |
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allay
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v. to lessen/ease/soothe
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verb
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ambivalence
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n. the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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noun
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ameliorate
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v. to improve
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verb
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amenable
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adj. agreeable; cooperative; suited
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adj.
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analogous
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adj. comparable
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anomalous
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adj. irregular; deviating from the norm, aberrant
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apogee
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n. the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point
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noun
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apothegm
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n. a terse, witty saying
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noun
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apposite
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adj. strikingly appropriate and relevant
The writer searched two dictionaries and a thesaurus before finding the perfectly apposite word he was looking for. |
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apprise
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v. to inform
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verb
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approbation
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n. praise; approval
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noun
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appropriate
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v. to take possession for one's own use; confinscate
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verb
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apropos
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adj. relevant
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adj.
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arduous
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adj. extremely difficult; laborious
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adj.
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argot
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n. a specialized vocabulary used by a group
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n.
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artless
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adj. guileless; natural; free from cunning/deceit
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adj.
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asperity
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n. severity; harshness; irratibility
Considering the two men had been such good friends for so long, we were surprised by the asperity of their attacks on each other |
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aspersion
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n. slander; false rumor
The report in the newspaper cast apersion on the candidate. |
noun
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assiduous
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adj. diligent; hard-working
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assuage
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v. to make less severe
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atavism
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n. return of a trait after a period of absence
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noun
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attenuate
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v. to weaken
Aspirin has the power to attenuate a fever. |
verb
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autonomous
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adj. self governing; independent
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adj.
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avarice
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n. greed
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noun
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aver
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v. to affirm; declare to be true
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verb
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banal
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adj. commonplace; trite
The writer has a gift for making even the most banal observation seem important and original. |
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bawdy
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adj. obscene
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adj
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belie
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v. to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
The boxer's childlike face belies the ferocity with which he can attack opponents in the ring |
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beneficent
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adj. kindly; doing good
a benificent God |
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blandishment
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n. flattery
the salesperson's blandishments |
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bucolic
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adj. characteristic of the countrysid; rustic; pastoral
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cadge
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v. to beg; to sponge
the out-of-work man cadging for money |
verb
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calumny
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n. false and malicious accusation; slander; aspersion
The movie star sued the paper for printing calumny about him |
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canard
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n. a false/deliberately misleading story
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noun
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canon
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n. an established principle; a basis or standard for judgement; a group of literary works
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noun
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cant
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n. insincere talk; language of a particular group
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noun
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capricious
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adj. fickle
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captious
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adj. faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an arguement
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cardinal
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adj. of foremost importance
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carnal
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adj. of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
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castigation
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n. punishment; chastisement; critisism
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categorical
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adj. absolute; without exception
Although incest is categorically forbidden by every state... |
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caustic
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adj. sarcastically biting; burning
The columnist's caustic comments on government policy did not win her any friends among gov't officials. |
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centrifugal
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adj. moving away from a center
centrifugal force keeps you on the fair ride |
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centripetal
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adj. moving or directed toward a center
gravity is a centripetal force |
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chasten
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v. to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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verb
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chicanery
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n. trickery; fraud
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noun
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cloister
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v. to confine; seclude
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verb
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coalesce
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v. to cause to become one
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v.
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commensurate
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adj. proportional
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adj.
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compendium
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n. brief, comprehensive summary
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noun
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complacent
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adj. self-satisfied
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adj.
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complaisant
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adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging
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complement
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n. something that completes or makes up a whole
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noun
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coda
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n. something that summarizes or concludes; concluding part of a literary or musical composition;
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noun
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compunction
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n. uneasiness caused by guilt
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noun
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conciliatory
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adj. overcoming distrust or hostility
a conciliatory attempt to appologize |
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concomitant
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adj. existing concurrently
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adj.
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congenial
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adj. similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to
The dating service matches men and women with congenial interests. |
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conjugal
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adj. pertaining to marriage agreement
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