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abase
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to lower in position, estimation,or the like; degrade.
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abbess
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the lady superior in the nunnery.
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abbey
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the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks and nuns.
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abbot
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the lady superior of a community of monks.
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abdicate
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to give up (royal power or the like)
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abdomen
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in mammals, the visceral cavity b/t the diaphram and the pelvic floor; the belly
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abdominal
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of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
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abduction
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a carrying away of a person against his will; or illegally.
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abed
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in bed; on a bed
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aberration
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deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abet
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to aid, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance
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a state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abhorrance
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the act of detesting extremely.
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abhorrent
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very repugnant;hateful.
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abidance
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an abiding.
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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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able-blodied
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competent for physical service.
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ablution
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a washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abnegate
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to renounce (a right or privilege)
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abnormal
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not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
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abominable
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very hateful.
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abomination
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a very detestable act or practice.
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aboriginal
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primitive;unsophicated.
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aborigines
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the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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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 or some part of by friction.
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abrasion
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that which is rubbed off.
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abridge
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to make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
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abridgment
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a condensed form as of a book or play
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abrogate
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to abolish, repeal.
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abrupt
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beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break
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abscess
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a collection of pus in a cavitity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abscission
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the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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abscond
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to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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absence
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the fact of not being present or available
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absent-minded
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lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
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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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absorb
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to drink in or suck up; as a sponge absorbs water.
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absorption
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the act or process of absorbing.
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abstain
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to keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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abstemious
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characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abstinence
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self-denial
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abstruse
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dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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absurd
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inconsistent with reason or common sense.
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abundant
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plentiful
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abusive
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employing harsh words or ill treatment.
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abut
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to touch at the end or boundary line
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abyss
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bottomless
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abut
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to touch at the end or boundary line
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abyss
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bottomless gulf
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academic
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of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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academician
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a member of an academy of literature, art, or science
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academy
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any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught
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accede
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to agree
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accelerate
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to move faster
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accept
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to take when offered
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access
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a way of approach or entrance;passage
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accessible
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approachable
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accession
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induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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accessory
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a person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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acclaim
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to utter with a shout.
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acommodate
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to furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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accompaniment
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a subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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accompanist
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one who or that which accompanies
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accompany
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to go with, or be associated with,as a companion
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accomplice
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an associate in wrong-doing
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accomplish
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to bring to pass
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accordion
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a portable free-reed musical instrument.
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accost
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to speak to
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account
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a record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions
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accounter
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to dress
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accredit
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to give credit or authority to
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accumulate
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to become greater in quantity or number
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accuracy
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exactness
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accurate
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conforming exactly to truth or to a standard
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accursed
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doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
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accusation
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a charge or crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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accusatory
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of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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accuse
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to charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
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accustom
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to make familiar by use
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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 acetic acid
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acetic
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of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar
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ache
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to be in pain or distress
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Achillean
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invulnerable
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achromatic
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colorless
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acid
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a sour substance
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acidify
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to change into acid
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acknowledge
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to recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of
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acknowledgment
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recognition
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acme
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the highest point, or summit
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acoustic
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pertaining to the act or sense of hearing
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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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acquire
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to get as one's own
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acquistion
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anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor
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acquit
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to free or clear, as from 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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acreage
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quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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acrid
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harshly pungent or bitter
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acrimonious
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full of bitterness
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acrimony
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sharpness of bitterness of speech or temper
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actionable
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affording cause for instituting an action, slanderous words
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actuality
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any reality
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actuary
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an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
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actuate
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to move or incite to action
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acumen
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quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment;kneenness of discrimination
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acute
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having fine and penetrating discernment
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adamant
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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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acumen
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quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment;kneenness of discrimination
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acute
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having fine and penetrating discernment
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adamant
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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 or name for consideration
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adhere
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to stick fast or together
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adherence
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attachment
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adherent
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clinging or sticking fast
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adhesion
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the state of being attached or joined
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adieu inter
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good-by;farewell
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adjacency
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the state of being adjacent
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adjacent
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that which is near or bordering upon
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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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auxiliary
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administrator
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one who manages affairs of any kind
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admissible
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having the right or privilege of entry
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admittance
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entrance, or the right or permission to enter
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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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adoration
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profound devotion
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adroit
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having skill in the use of the bodily or mental 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 or baser ingredients
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adumbrate
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to represent beforehand 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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adverse
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opposing or opposed.
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adversity
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misfortune
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advert
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to refer incidentally
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advertiser
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one who advertises, espcially in newspapers
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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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advocate
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one who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court
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aerial
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of, pertaining to, or like the air
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aeronaut
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one who navigates the air, a ballonist
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aeronautics
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the art of practice of flying aircraft
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aerostat
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a balloon 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 equilibrum, pressure, and mechanical properties
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affable
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easy to approach
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affect
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to act upon
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affectation
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a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt
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affiliate
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some auxiliary person or thing.
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affirmative
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answering yes; to a question at issue
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affix
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to fasten
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affluence
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a profuse or abundant supply of riches
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affront
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an open insult or indignity
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afire
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on fire, literally or figuratively
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afoot
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in progress
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aforesaid
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said in a preceding part of before.
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afresh
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once more, after rest or interval
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afterthought
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a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time
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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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aggravate
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to make heavier, worse, or more burdensome
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aggravation
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the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime, offense, misfortune, etc.
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aggregate
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the entire number, sum, mass or quantity of something
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aggress
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to make the first attack
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aggression
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an unprovoked attack
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aggrieve
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to give grief or sorrow to
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aghast
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struck with terror and amazement
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agile
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able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
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agitate
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to move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
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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 receives 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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akin
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of similar nature or qualities
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alabaster
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a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum
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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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albino
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a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris
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album
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a book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like
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alchemy
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chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold
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alcohol
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a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a pentrating odor and burning taste
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alcoholism
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a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages
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alcove
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a covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room
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alder
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any shurb or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family
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alderman
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a member of a municipal legislative body, who ususally exercises also certain judicial functions.
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aldermanship
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the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman
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alias
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an assumed name
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alien
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one who owes allegiance to a foreign government
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alienable
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capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands
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alienate
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to cause to turn away
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alienation
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estrangement
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aliment
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that which nourishes
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alkali
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anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc
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allay
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to calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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allege
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to assert to be true, espcially in a formal manner, as in court.
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allegory
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the setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
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alleviate
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to make less burdensome or less hard to bear
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alley
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a narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
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alliance
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any combination or union for some common purpose
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allot
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to assign a definite thing or part to a certain person
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allotment
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portion
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allude
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to refer incidentally, or by suggestion
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allusion
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an indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
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alluvion
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flood
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ally
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a person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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almanac
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a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information
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aloof
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not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others
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altar
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any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
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alter
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to make change in
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alteration
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change or modification
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altercate
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to contend angrily or zealously in words
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alternate
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one chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other
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alternative
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something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else
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altitude
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vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
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alto
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the lowest or deepest female voice or part
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altrusim
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benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest
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altrusit
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one who advocates or practices altruism
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amalgam
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an alloy or union of mercury with another metal
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amalgamate
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to mix or blend together in a homogeneous body
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amateur
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practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession
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amatory
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designed to excite love
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ambidextrous
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having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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amibuous
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having a double meaning
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ambitious
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eagerly desirous and aspiring
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ambrosial
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divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious
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ambulance
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a vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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ambulate
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to walk about
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ambush
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the act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
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ameliorate
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to relieve, as from pain or hardship
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amendable
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willing and ready to submit
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Americanism
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a peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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amicable
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done in a friendly spirit
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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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amorphous
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without determinate shape
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amour
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a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature
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ampere
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the practical unit of electric-current strength
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ampersand
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the character &; and
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amphibious
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living both on land and in water
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amphitheater
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an edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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amplitude
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largeness
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