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abase
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to lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade
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aberration
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deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
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abeyance
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a state of suspension or temp inaction
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abhorrence
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the act of detesting extremeley
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abhorrent
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very repugnant, hateful
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abject
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sunk to a low condition
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abjure
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to recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
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ablution
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a washing or cleansing...like of the body
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abnegate
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to renounce (a right or priviledge)
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aboveboard
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without concealment, fraud or trickery
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abrade
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to wear away the surface by friction
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abrogate
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to abolish, repeal
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abet
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to aid or promote an offense
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abscess
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a collection of pus in a cavity fored within some tissue of the body
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abscission
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the act of cutting off, like a surgical operation
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abscond
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to depart from suddenly and secretly... as if escaping arrest
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absolution
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forgiveness, or passing over of offenses
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absolve
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to free from sin or its penalties
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abstruse
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dealing with matters too difficult to be understood
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abut
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to touch at the end of a boundary line
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accede
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to agree
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accession
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induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or gov
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accomplice
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an associate in wrong-doing
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accost
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to speak to
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accouter
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to dress
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acerbity
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sourness, with bitterness and astringency
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acetate
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a salt of an acetic acid
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achillean
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invulnerable
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achromatic
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colorless
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acme
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the highest point or summit
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acme
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the highest point, summit
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acquaint
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to make familiar or conversant
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acquiesce
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to comply, submit
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acquiescence
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passive consent
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acquit
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to free or clear like from an accusation
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acquittal
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a discharge from accusation by judicial action
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acquittance
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release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility
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acrid
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harshly pugnant or bitter
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acrimonious
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full of bitterness
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acrimony
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sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper
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actionable
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affording cause for instituting an action
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actuary
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an officer of an insurance company that calculates and states the risk and premiums
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actuate
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to move or incite action
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acumen
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quickness of intellectual insight or discernment
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adament
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any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
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addendum
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something added or to be added
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addle
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to make inefficient or worthless, muddle
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adduce
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to bring forward a name for consideration
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adjudge
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to award or bestow by formal decision
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adjunct
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something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place
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adjuration
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a vehement appeal
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adjutant
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auxillary
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admonish
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to warn of a fault
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admonition
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gentle reproof
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ado
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unnecessary activity or ceremony
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adroit
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having skill to use mental or bodily powers
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adulterant
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an adulterating substance
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adulterate
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to make impure by the admixture of other baser ingredients
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adumbrate
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to represent before hand in outline or by emblem
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advent
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the coming or arrival as of any important change, event, state, or personage
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advert
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to refer incidentally
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advisory
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not mandatory
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advocacy
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the act of pleading a cause
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aeronaut
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one who navigates the air; a ballonist
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aerostat
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a ballon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air
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aerostatics
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the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechnical properties
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affable
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easy to approach
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affectation
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a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt
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affix
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to fasten
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affront
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an open insult or indignity
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afresh
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once more after rest or interval
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agglomerate
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to pile or heap together
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aggrandize
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to cause to appear greatly
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aggregate
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the entire sum, mass, or quantity of something
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aggress
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to make the first attack
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agrarian
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pertaining to land, especially agricultural land
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aide-de-camp
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an officer who recieves and transmits the orders of the general
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ailment
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slight sickness
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airy
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delicate, ethereal
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alabaster
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a white rock
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alacrity
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cheerful willingness
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albeit
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even though
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alder
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any shrub or small tree in the oak family
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alderman
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a member of a municiple legislative body
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aliment
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that which nourishes
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allay
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mitigate
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alluvion
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flood
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aloof
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not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others
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altercate
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fight
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almagam
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mercury plus another metal
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amalgamate
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to mix or blend together in a homogeneous body
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amatory
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designed to excite love
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ambiguous
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having double meaning
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ambrosial
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divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious
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ambulate
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to walk about
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ameliorate
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to relieve from pain or hardship
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amenable
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willing to submit
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amity
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friendship
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amorous
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having a propensity for falling in love
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ampere
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a unit of eletrical strength
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ampersand
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& and
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amply
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sufficiantly
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anachronism
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existing out of TIME order
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anathema
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forbidden socially
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anecdote
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a brief account of an event or incident
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anemometer
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an instrument used to measure force of wind
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anhydrous
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withered
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animaadversion
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the utterance of criticism or censure
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animadvert
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to pass criticism
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animalcule
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an animal of microscopic size
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annalist
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historian
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annals
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a record of events.. yearly
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annex
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to add at the end
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annuciation
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proclamation
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antechamber
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a waiting room for those who seek audience
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antediluvian
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before the flood
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antemeridian
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before noon
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antemundane
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before creation
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anthracite
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hard coal
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anthropology
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science of man
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antic
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grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action
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anticyclone
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currents flow outwards
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antilogy
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inconsistency and contridiction in words or ideas
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antiphone
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a response that is generally musical
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antiphony
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an anthem
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antipode
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on the opposite side of the earth
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antistrophe
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the inversion of terms as in the home of the joy and the joy of the home
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apeture
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hole
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aphorism
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proverb
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apiary
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where bees are kept
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apogee
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climax
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apostasy
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total departure from ones faith
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apostate
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false
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apotheosis
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deification
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apparition
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ghost
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appelate
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capable of being appealed to
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appellation
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the name or title
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append
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to add something (appendex)
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apposite
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appropriate
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apposition
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placing side by side.. or in contact
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apprehesible
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capable of being concieved
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approbation
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sanction
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arbiter
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someone chosen to decide in a dispute
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arbitrate
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to act or give judgement
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achaism
obslescence |
gradually falling into disuse
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archipelago
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large body of water studded with islands
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ardent
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burning with passion
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aristocracy, aristocrat
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heriditary nobility
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armada
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a fleet of war vessels
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arraign
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to call into court and order that the person plead guilty or not
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arrant
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notoriously bad
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arrear
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something overdue and unpaid
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arrogate
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to take demand or claim without reasons or grounds
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artifice
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trickery
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ascendant
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dominant
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ascetic
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severe sel denial
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ashen
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pale
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askance
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with a side or indirect glance or meaning
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asperity
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with a harsh, rough temper
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assailant
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one who attacks
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assent
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to agree with a statement
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assiduous
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diligent
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assignee
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someone appointed to manage anothers property
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assimilate
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to adapt
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assonance
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resemblance in sound
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assuage
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to cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe
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astute
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keen on discernment
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athwart
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from side to side
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atone
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to make ammends for
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attache
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subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy
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attest
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to certify as accurate
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augment
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to make bigger
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augur
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to predict
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aura
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pervasive psychic
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auriferous
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containing gold
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aurora
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a luminous phenomenom
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auspice
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favoring, protecting, influence...
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austere
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severly simple
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autarchy
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unrestricted power
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autocracy
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absolute governement
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automaton
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someone whose actions involuntary or mechanical
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autonomous
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self governing
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avarice
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passion for getting riches
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aver
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to assert as fact
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averse
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reluctant
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aversion
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fixed opposition
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avidity
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greediness
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avocation
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diversion
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avow
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to declare openly
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awry
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out of the proper form
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