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109 Cards in this Set
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abandon (n)
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total lack of inhibition
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abase
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to humble, disgrace
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abash
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to embarrass
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abatement
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decrease, reduction
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abdicate
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to give up a position, right, or power
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aberrant
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atypical, not normal
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abet
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to aid, act as accomplice
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abeyance
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temporary suppression or suspension
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abhor
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to loathe, detest
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abiding
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enduring, continuing
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abjure
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to reject, abandon formally
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ablution
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act of cleansing
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abnegate
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to deny, renounce
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abominate
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to hate
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abrogate
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to abolish or invalidate by authority
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abscond
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to depart secretly
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absolve
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to forgive, free from blame
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abstain
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to refrain deliberately from something
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abstemious
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moderate in appetite
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend
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abut
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to touch, to be in contact with
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accede
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to express approval; to agree to
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accord (v)
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to reconcile, come to an agreement
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accost
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to approach and speak to someone
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accretion
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growth in size or increase in amount
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acerbic
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bitter, sharp in taste or temper
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acidulous
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sour in taste or manner
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acme
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highest point, summit
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acrid
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harsh, bitter
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acrimony
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bitterness, animosity
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acumen
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sharpness of insight
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adage
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old saying or proverb
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adamant
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uncompromising, unyielding
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admonish
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to caution or reprimand
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adulterate
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to corrupt or make impure
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adventitious
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accidental
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aerie
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nook or nest built high in the air
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affable
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friendly, easy to approach
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affected (adj)
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pretentious, phony
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affront (n)
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personal offense, insult
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aggrandize
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to make larger or greater in power
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aggregate (n)
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collective mass or sum; total
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aggrieve
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to afflict, distress
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agnostic
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one doubting that people can know God
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allegory
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symbolic representation
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alliteration
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repetition of the beginning sounds of words
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allusion
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indirect reference
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amalgam
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mixture, combination, alloy
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ambiguous
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uncertain; subject to multiple interpretation
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ambivalence
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attitude of uncertainty; conflicting emotions
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amendable
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agreeable, cooperative
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amend
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to improve or correct flaws in
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amity
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friendship
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amorphous
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having no definite form
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amphibian
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creature equally at home on land or in water
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anachronism
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something chronologically inappropriate
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anachronistic
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outdated
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analgesia
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a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness
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anathema
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ban, curse; something shunned or disliked
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angular
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characterized by sharp angles; lean and gaunt
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anodyne
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something that calms or soothes pain
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antedate
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dated prior to the actual occurrence
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antediluvian
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prehistoric, ancient beyond measure; coming before the biblical flood
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antepenultimate
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third from last
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anthropomorphic
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attributing human qualities to nonhumans; having human qualities
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apace
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done quickly
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aperture
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an opening or hole
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aphasia
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inability to speak or use words
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aphelion
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point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun
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aphorism
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old saying or short pithy statement
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aplomb
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confidence, poise
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apocryphal
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not genuine; fictional
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apostate (n)
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one who renounces a religious faith
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apothegm
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a short, instructive saying
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apotheosis
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glorification; glorified ideal
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apprehension
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the act of comprehending; fear, foreboding
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apprise
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to give notice of; inform
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approbation
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official approval; approval and praise
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arable (adj)
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suitable for cultivation
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arcane
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secret, obscure, known only by a few
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archaic
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antiquated, from an earlier time; outdated
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archipelago
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large group of islands
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ardor
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great emotion or passion
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arid
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extremely dry; extremely boring
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arraign
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to call to court to answer a charge
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arrogate
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to demand, claim arrogantly
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artless
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open and honest
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ascetic (adj)
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self-denying, abstinent, austere
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ascribe
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to attribute; to assign
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ashen
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resembling ashes; deathly pale
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askance
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scornfully
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askew
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crooked, tilted
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asperity
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harshness, roughness
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aspersion
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false rumor, damaging report, slander
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assay
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to analyze or estimate
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assiduous
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diligent, persistent, hardworking
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assignation
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appointment for lovers' meeting; assignment
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assonance
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resemblance in sound, especially in vowel sounds; partial rhyme
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assuage
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to make less severe, ease, relieve
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astral
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exalted, elevated in position; relating to the stars
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astringent
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harsh, severe, stern
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asunder (adj)
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into different parts
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atone
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to make amends for a wrong
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attenuate
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to make thin or slender; weaken
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augury
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prophecy, prediction of events
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august (adj)
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dignified, awe-inspiring, venerable
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austere
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stern, strict, unadorned
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autocrat
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dictator
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aver
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to declare to be true, affirm
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