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avarice

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an excessive desire to acquire and possess wealth: a combination of greed and stinginess

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avid

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extremely eager, anxious, or enthusiastic

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badger

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to tease; to annoy with a constant string of petty torments

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baffle

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to puzzle completely; to prevent from achieving a goal

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banal

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made stale by constant use or repitition

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belligerent

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warring, actually engaged in war; warlike; hostile; a party engaged in war

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benign

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gentle and kindly; wholesome or favorable

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bicker

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to engage in petty quarreling

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bizarre

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weird or fantastic

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bland

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mild or gentle; lacking interest or liveliness, flat

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bleak

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desolate, windswept, bare; cold and glooomy, unpromising

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blight

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to check or destroy the growth of; something that impairs

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blithe

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merry and carefree; overly unconcerned, reckless

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boisterous

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noisy and rowdy

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bombastic

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pompous or inflated in language

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boorish

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rude or unrefined

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boycott

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to refuse to buy, use, or deal with as a way of protest (or force acceptance of) some form of behavior; an instance of such treatment

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brash

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overly bold, hastly, and thoughtless

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bravado

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a boastful or swaggering show of false bravery; false courage

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brusque

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overly short or abrupt

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bungle

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to mismanage of make a mess of

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bureaucracy

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a complicated system of administrative agencies and officials; the officals themselves

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buttress

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a support or reinforcement; to support or reinforce

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cajole

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to persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit

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callous

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unfeeling or insensitive

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calumny

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a false statement deliberately made up to injure a person

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candid

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fair and impartial; frank or outspoken; informal or unposed

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cantankerous

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foul tempered and quarrelsome

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captious

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quick to find petty faults or raise trifling objections; overlu demanding or fussy; intended to trap, confuse, or show up

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catholic

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broad or widely inclusive; general or universal; worldwide

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caustic

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able to dissolve or eat away by a chemical ; sharp, biting

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censor

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an official who examines works of literature, flims, and removes innappropriate material; to examine and remove objectionable material

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censure

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open and strong criticism or disapproval; to reprimand; to criticize severely; to disapprove strongly

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chagrin

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irritation, embarrassment, or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration; to cause such a feeling

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charlatan

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anyone who claims to have the skills or knowledge that he or she does not possess

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chronic

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continuing over a long period of time or recurring often

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circuitious

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indirect or roundabout; long-winded

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circumspect

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cautious or prudent, in regard to consequences; tactful

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circumvent

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to get around or avoid by trickery or deception

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clandestine

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concealed from view so as to hide one's purpose

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coerce

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to force someone to do something against his or her will by using undue pressure, threats, or physical violence

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cogent

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forceful and convincing; to the point

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cohere

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to hold or stick together;to fit together into an orderly, logical, and unified whole

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collaborate

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to work together on some kind of joint project; to cooperate with an enemy in some kind of treasonable activity

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compatible

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capable of being used with some other brand or model; capable of living or getting along together

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complacent

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overly self satisfied; smug

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concise

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saying a lot in a few words

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condone

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to overlook or disregard an offensive therby implying forgiveness, acceptance, or approval of

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confrontation

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a face to face encounter usually suggesting a hostile attitude

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conjecture

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a conclusion based on inadequate evidence; a guess; to conclude from inadequate evidence

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abdicate

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to give up formally as in office duty, power, or claim

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abet

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to encourage or assist especially in wrongdoing

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abhor

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to regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely

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abject

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1. wretched; miserable; degrading; humiliating 2. mean spirited; base; despicable; contemptible 3.complete; unrelieved

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absolve

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to clear of guilt or blame

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abstain

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to refrain completely and voluntarily

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academic

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1. pertaining to college and other institution of learning; scholarly 2. theoritical, rather than practical; unrealistic

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accede

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1. to yield to; to agree to 2. to enter upon office or dignity

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acclimate

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to get used to

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addiction

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a habit-forming practice or pursuit, usually one that is bad for a person's health or morally objectionable; habitual use of or devotion to something

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adjourn

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to close formally; to put off to another time; to move to another place

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adverse

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hostile in purpose or effect; unfavorable

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advocate

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to speak or argue in favor of; to give active public support to; a person who pleads in the interest of a cause or an individual

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aesthetic

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pertaining to sense of beauty; artistic

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affable

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courteous and agreeable in manner; easy to talk to or approach

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affectation

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a pretentious display of manners and sentiments that are not genuine; a peculiar habit of dress or behavior that has been adopted to impress others

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affluent

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prosperous, wealthy

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agenda

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a list of program of things to be done or acted upon

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aggregate

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the total amount or sum total of individual parts; to gather or merge into a single whole; total or collective

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agile

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swift and light in action, movement or thought

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alienate

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to cause hostility or indifference where love, friendliness or interest formerly existed

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allege

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to claim that something is true but without offering any proof

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allude

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to refer to indirectly

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ambience

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the surrounding or pervading atmosphere; the tone and spirit of an environment

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ambivalent

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wavering or uncertain because of an inability to make a choice between two contradictory feelings or view points in regard to a person, thing or a course of action

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amnesty

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an official pardon granted to offenders against the government especially for political offenses

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anachronism

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the misplacing of an object or an event in a time period to which it cannot possible belong or anything out of its proper timeframe

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anarchy

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absence of government authority; general political and social disorder

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anathema

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a curse or a stong denunciation; the person or thing cursed; any object of intense dislike

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anecdote

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a brief account fo something interesting or amusing incident, especially one containing biographical or historical details

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anomaly

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a deviation from what is normal or expected

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apathy

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lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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appall

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to fill with intense horror, fear, or dismay

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apprehend

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to arrest or take into custoyd;to perceive or undestand the meaning of; to look forward to with fear or anxiety

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arbritrary

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subject to or determined by one's judgement; random; arrived at by an excersise of the will, personal preference, or by whim, as opposed to being based on reason or justice; given to willful decisions or demands; tyrannical or dictatorial

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arbritrate

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to act as an impartial judge in a dispute; to settle

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array

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to line up; to dress up; an imposing grouping; rich and beautiful attire

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articulate

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to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language easily and fluently

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askew

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out of line or positon; turned to one side; dissapprovingly, scornfully

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assimilate

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to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully or make like

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astute

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keen of mind and judgement esp. in practical matters; cunning

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asylum

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an institution that shelters and cares for mentally unbalanced, aged, or homeless persons; any place offering protection or security; protection against a legal or social penalty

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atone

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to make up for or repent

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atrocity

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a savagely, cruel, brutal, or inhuman deed; a monstrocity

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atrophy

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a failure to develop normally; a progressive wasting away or decline; to waste away

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attrition

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a gradual wearing down or weakening of resistance resulting from constant friction, pressure, or harassment; a gradual often natural decrease in size, strength, or number as a result of resignation, death, retirement, or the like

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augment

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to make greater; to become greater

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augur

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someone who can forecast the future by spotting various signs or indications of what is to come; to predict or foretell through science; to point to or be in omen of

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austere

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rigidly severe, severely simple or bare

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authentic

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genuine, trustworthy