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Adulation
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flattery, admiration
The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies. |
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Adulterate
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to make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances.
It is a crime to adulterate foods without telling the buyer. |
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Advent
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Arrival
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Adventitious
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accidental; casual
She found this adventitious meeting fortunate. |
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Advert
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refer to
Since you advert to this matter frequently it must be important to you. |
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aegis
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shield, defense
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aerie
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nest of a large bird of prey
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affable
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
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affected
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artificial; pretended; assumed, in order to impress
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affidavit
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written statement made under oath
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affinity
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kinship
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affluence
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abundance; wealth
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affront
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insult; offense, intentional act of disrespect
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agape
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openmouthed
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agglomeration
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collection; heap
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aggrandize
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increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank or honor
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aggregate
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gather; accumulate
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agnostic
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one skeptical of the existence of God or any ultimate reality
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agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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agrarian
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pertaining to land and its cultivation
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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alchemy
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medieval form of speculate though aimed to transform (lead to copper)
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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allay
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calm; pacify
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allegory
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story in which characters are used as symbols; fable
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alluvial
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pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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aloft
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upward
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altruistic
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unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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amalgamate
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combine; unite in one body
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amass
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collect
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amass
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collect
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amazon
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female warrior
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amble
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moving at an easy pace
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ambrosia
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food of the gods
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ambulatory
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able to walk; not bedridden
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ameliorate
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improve
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amenable
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readily managed or willing to be led; answerable or accountalbe in lengths
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amity
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friendship
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amnesty
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pardon
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amoral
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not moral
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amorous
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moved by sexual love; loving
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amorphous
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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ample
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abundant
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amulet
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charm; talisman
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anachromism
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something or someone misplaced in time
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analgesic
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causing insensitivity to pain
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analogous
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similarity; parallelism
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anarchy
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absence of governing body
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anathema
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solemn curse
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ancillary
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serving as an aid or accesory
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animadversion
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crictical remark
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animus
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hostile feeling or intent
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annals
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records; history
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anneal
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reduce bitterness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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annuity
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yearly allowance
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annul
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make void
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anodyne
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durg that relieves pain; opiate
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anoint
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consecrate
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anomalous; anomaly
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abnormal; irregular- irregularity
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antecede
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precede
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antediluvian
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antiquated; extemely ancient
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anthropoid
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manlike
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antiquated
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outdated
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antithesis
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contrast; direct opposite to
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aperture
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opening; hole
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apex
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climax; tip; summit
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aphasia
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loss of speech due to injury or illness
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aphorism
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pithy maxim or saying
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apiary
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a place where bees are kept
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aplomb
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poise; assurance
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apocryphal
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spurious; not authentic; invented rather than true
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apogee
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highest point
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apostate
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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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apothegm
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pity; compact saying
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apotheosis
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elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
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appellation
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name; title
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apposite
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filling; appropriate
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apprise
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inform
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approbation
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approval
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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apropos
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regarding; with reference to
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aquiline
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curved; hooked
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