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amenities
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convenient features; courtesies
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amiable
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agreeable
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amicable
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politely friendly
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amiss
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wrong; faulty
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amity
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friendship
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amorphous
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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amphibian
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able to live both on land and in water
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ample
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abundant
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amplify
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broaden or clarify by expanding; intesify; made stronger
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amok
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in a state of rage
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anachronism
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something or someone misplaced in time
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anarchist
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person who seeks to overturn the established goverment; advocate of abolishing authority
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anarchy
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absence of governing body; state of disorder
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anathema
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
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ancillary
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serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
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animadversion
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critical remark
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animated
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lively; spirited
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animosity
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active enmity
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animus
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hostile feeling or intent
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annal
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records; history
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anneal
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reduced brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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annex
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attach; take possession of
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annotate
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comment; make explanatory notes
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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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drug that relieves pain; opiate
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antecede
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precede
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antidiluvian
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antiquated; extremely ancient
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anthology
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book of literary selctions by various authors
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anthropoid
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manlike
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anthropologist
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student of the history and science of humankind
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anthropomorphic
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having human form or characteristics
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antic
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extravagantly odd
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anticlimax
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letdown in thought or emotion
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antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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antithesis
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contrast; direct opposite of or to
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anvil
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iron block used in hammering our metals
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apathy
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lack of caring; indifference
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ape
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imitate or mimic
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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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apocalyptic
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prophetic; pertaining to revelations
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aprocryphal
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spurious; not authentic; invented rather and true
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apogee
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highest point
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apolitical
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having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
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apologist
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one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
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apostate
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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs.
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