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amenities
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n. convenient features; courtesies
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amiable
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adj. agreeable; loveable; warmly friendly
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amicable
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adj. politely friendly; not quarrelsome
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amiss
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adj. wrong; faulty
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amity
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n. friendship
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amnesia
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n. loss of memory
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amnesty
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n. pardon
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amoral
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adj. nonmoral
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amorous
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adj. moved by sexual love; loving
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amorphus
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adj. formless; lacking shape or definition
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amphibian
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adj. able to live on both land and in water
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amphitheater
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n. oval building with tiers of seats
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ample
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adj. abundant
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amplify
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v. broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger
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amputate
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v. cut off part of the body; prune
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amok (also amuck)
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adv. in a state of rage
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amulet
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n. charm; talisman
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*anachronism
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n. something or someone misplaced in time
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analgesic
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adj. causing insensitivity to pain
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*analogous
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adj. comparable
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analogy
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n. similarity; parallelism
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anarchist
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n. person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
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*anarchy
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n. absence of governing body; state of disorder
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anathema
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n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
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ancestry
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n. family descent
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anchor
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v. secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place
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ancillary
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adj. serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
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anecdote
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n. short account of an amusing or interesting event
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anemia
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n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
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anesthetic
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n. substance that removes sensation with or without loss of conciousness
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anguish
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n. acute pain; extreme suffering
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angular
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adj. sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
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animadversion
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n. critical remark
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animated
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adj. lively; spirited
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animosity
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n. active enmity
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animus
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n. hostile feeling or intent
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annals
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n. records; history
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anneal
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v. reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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annex
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v. attach; take possession of
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annihilate
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v. destroy
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annotate
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v. comment; make explanatory notes
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annuity
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n. yearly allowance
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annul
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v. make void
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anodyne
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n. drug that relieves pain; opiate
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anoint
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v. consecrate
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*anomalous
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adj. abnormal; irregular
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anomaly
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n. irregularity
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anonymity
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n. state of being nameless; anonymousness
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antagonism
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n. hostility; active resistance
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antecede
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v. precede
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antecedents
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n. preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
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antediluvian
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adj. antiquated; extremely ancient
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anthem
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n. song of praise or patriotism
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anthology
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n. book of literary selections by various authors
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anthropoid
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adj. manlike
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anthropologist
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n. student of the history and science of humankind
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anthropomorphic
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adj. having human form or characteristics
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antic
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adj. extravagantly odd
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anticlimax
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n. letdown in thought or emotion
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antidote
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n. remedy to counteract a poison or disease
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*antipathy
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n. aversion; dislike
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antiquated
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adj. obsolete; outdated
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antiseptic
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n. substance that prevents infection
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antithesis
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n. contrast; direct opposite of or to
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anvil
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n. iron block used in hammering out metals
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*apathy
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n. lack of caring; indifference
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ape
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v. imitate or mimic
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aperture
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n. opening; hole
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apex
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n. tip; summit; climax
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aphasia
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n. loss of speech due to injury or illness
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aphorism
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n. pithy maxim or saying (usually scientific or philosophic)
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apiary
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n. a place where bees are kept
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aplomb
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n. poise; assurance
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apocalyptic
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adj. prophetic; pertaining to revelations
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apocryphal
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adj. spurious; not authentic; invented rather than true
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apogee
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n. highest point
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apolitical
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adj. having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
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apologist
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n. one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
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apostate
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n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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apothecary
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n. druggist
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