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ABATE
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to lessen, to supress, to extinguish.
e.g. to abate one's enthusiasm |
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ABDICATION
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giving up control authority
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ABERRATION
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straying away from what is normal
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ABET
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to encourage, support, give approval, usually in wrongdoing.
e.g. to abet a crime |
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ABEYANCE
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suspended action. temporary inactivity.
e.g. Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while |
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ABHOR
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to hate, to detest
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ABIDE
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to be faithful, to endure, to live, to accept without opposition
e.g. to abide in small village |
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ABJURE
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to promise or swear to give up.
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ABRADED
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rubbed off, worn away by friction, to scrape off
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ABROGATE
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repeal or annul by authority
e.g. to abrogate a law |
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ABSCOND
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to go away suddenly, to avoid arrest.
e.g. The cashier absconded with the money. |
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ABSTRUSE
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difficult to comprehend, obscure.
e.g. abstruse theories |
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ABUT
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to border on, to be adjacent.
e.g. This piece of land abuts on a street. |
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ABYSMAL
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bottomless, extreme
e.g. abysmal ignorance, abysmal poverty |
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ACARPOUS
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no longer fertile, worn out, sterile
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ACCLAIMED
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welcomed with shouts and approval.
e.g. to acclaim the conquering heroes. |
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ACCOLADE
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praise approval, knighting ceremony.
e.g. the play received accolades from the press. |
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ACCRETION
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the growing of separate things into one, an added part.
e.g. The last part of the legend is a later accretion. |
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ACCRUE
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accumulate, to happen or result as natural growth, increase
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ADAMANT
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inflexible, unyielding, too hard to cut, break, or pierce
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ADMONITORY
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containing warning
e.g. an admonitory gesture |
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ADORN
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to add beauty, decorate
e.g. garlands of flowers adorning their hair |
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ADULTERATION
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making unpure, poorer in quality
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AFFABLE
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polite and friendly
e.g. an affable and courteous gentleman |
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AFFINITY
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close connection, relationship
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AGGRAVATE
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to make worse, irritate,
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AGILE
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active, quick-moving
e.g. an agile leap, an agile pesron |
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AGOG
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eager, excited
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AIL
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trouble, to be ill
e.g. He's been ailing for sometime |
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ALACRITY
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eager and cheerful, readiness
e.g. we accepted the invitation with alacrity. |
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ALCOVE
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recess, partially enclosed place
e.g. a dincing alcove |
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ALE
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fermented alcoholic beverage
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ALECK
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one who considers himself smarter than others
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ALLEGIANCE
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duty, support, loyalty
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ALLEVIATE
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make easier to bear
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ALLOY
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to debase by mixing with something ifnerior, a substance composed of two or more metals
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ALOOF
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reserved, indifferent
e.g. they always stand aloof from their classmates |
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AMALGAMATE
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mix, combine, unite societies
e.g. to amalgamate two companies |
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AMBIDEXTROUS
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to use the right or left hand equally well
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AMBIGUOUS
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doubtful, uncertain
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AMBIVALENT
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having both of two contrary meanings
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AMBROSIAL
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extremely pleasing to taste
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AMELIORATE
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improve, make better
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AMORITZE
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end a debt by setting money aside
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ANGUISH
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severe suffering
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ANIMOSITY
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strong dislike
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ANTIDOTE
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medicine used against a poison or disease
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ANTITHETICAL
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direct opposing
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APARTHEID
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brutal racial discrimination
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APLOMB
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self-confidence, vertical position
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APOSTATE
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one who abandons long held religious or political convictions
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APOTHEOSIS
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deification, glorification to godliness
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APPEASE
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make quiet or calm
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APPREHENSIVE
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grasping understanding, fear, unhappy feeling about the future
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APPRISE
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give notice, to inform
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APPROBATION
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approval
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APROPOS
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appropriate to the situation, fitting
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APT
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well-suited, quick-witted
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ARABESQUE
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a complex, ornate design, a short fanciful musical piece
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ARBOREAL
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of connected with trees, living among trees
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ARDOR
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enthusiasm
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ARDUOUS
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steep, difficult ascent, laborious
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ARGOT
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jargon, slang
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ARRANT`
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in the highest degree
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ARTICULATE
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speak distinctly, connect by joints
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ASCEND
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go or come up
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ASCERTAIN
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get to know
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ASCETIC
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practicing self-denial, austere, stark, a monk or hermit
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ASCRIBE
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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ASEPTIC
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surgically clean
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ASPERITY
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roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability
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ASPERSION
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slander
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ASSAIL
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attack violently
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ASSIDUOUS
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diligent, hard-working, constant
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ASSUAGE
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make something (pain, desire) less
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ASTRINGENT
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substance that shrinks
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ASTUTE
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clever, quick at seeing to get an advantage
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ATONEMENT
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repayment, death of Jesus, amends
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ATTENUATE
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make thin, weaken
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ATTUNE
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bring into harmony
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AUDACIOUS
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daring, foolishly bold
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AUGURY
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omen sign
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AUGUST
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majestic, eminent
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AUSPICIOUS
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favorable, successful, prosperous
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AUSTERE
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severely moral and strict, simple and plain
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AUXILIARY
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helping, supporting, additional
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AVER
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affirm, asset, prove, justify
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AVERSION
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strong dislike
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AVID
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eager, greedy
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AVOW
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admit, declare openly
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