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Abscond (verb)
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To depart clandestinely; to seal off and hide. Syn: Decamp, bolt Sentence: The Hashemites will not just surrender power and abscond to South Kensington. |
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Aberrant (adj)
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Deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration) Syn: 1. wandering; deviation, divergence. 4. abnormality, eccentricity, illusion, delusion, hallucination. Sentence: It seemed like an aberration, not a pattern to be worried about. |
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Alacrity (noun)
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Syn: 1. eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal. 2. sprightliness, agility. When it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity. |
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Anomoly (noun)
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Deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous) Syn: Abnormal, deviation But drawing attention to this anomaly is not something we should be afraid of, it is something we should be exposing vigorously. |