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aberrant(adj.) |
deviating from normal or correct. anomal The person crawling on the floor in the store was aberrant. His behavior was aberrant because he just started screaming. |
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abscond(v.) |
to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law. abhauen You abscond when you play hide and seek. After killing a person, he tried to abscond. |
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advocate(v.) |
to speak ,plead, or argue for a cause, or in another's behalf.(n.) one who advocates Sich für etwas einsetzen He advocated for women's rights. He advocated for the whole class by telling the teacher which problems the class has. |
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aggrandize(v.) |
to make greater, to increase, thus, to exaggerate vergrößern I can't aggrandize my height. He aggrandized his basketball skills to play on the team. |
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amalgamate(v.) |
to unite or mix (n.) amalgamation verschmelzen I amalgamated the cake ingredients. I amalgamated the ingredients for the pancakes. |
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ambrosial(adj.) |
extremely pleasing to the senses, divine ( as related to the gods) or delicious (n. ambrosia) The chocolate cake was ambrosial. The food was so good, it was ambrosial. |
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ameliorate(v.) |
to relieve, as in pain or hardship etwas verbessern He took pain killers to ameliorate his headache. By buying him his favorite things, she tried to ameliorate his hardships. |
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anachronism(n.) |
a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order(adj. anachronistic) It's a anachronism if someone has a cell phone in the 1920s. The music in the new great Gatsby is a anachronism. |
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anomalous(adj.) |
peculiar; unique, contrary to the norm (n. anomaly) His nose was anomalous because it was really big. His feet were soo big, it was anomalous. |
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antediluvian(adj.) |
ancient; outmoded;( after the flood) altmodisch Fossils are antediluvian. Bones of mammoth are antediluvian. |
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antipathy(n.) |
hostility toward, objection, or aversion to Abneigung He doesn't like his science teacher, so he feels antipathy for him. They were rivals and felt antipathy for each other. |
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arbitrate(v.) |
to settle a dispute by impulse(n. arbitration) vermitteln The mediator tried to arbitrate because the couple was fighting. It's important to arbitrate if a discussion goes to far in the extremes. |
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assuage(v.) |
to make less severe; to appease or satisfy lindern |
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attenuate(v.) |
weaken(adj. attenuated) abschwächen Because of the scandal, the politicians credibility was attenuated. Because he took antibiotics his immune system was attenuated. |
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audacious(adj.) |
extremely bold; fearless, especially said of human behavior(n. audacity) kühn Fighting in a war is audacious. To skydive you have to be audacious. |
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aver(v.) |
to declare etw beteuern He avered that he will always love her. He avered that he didn't cheat in the test. |
