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abase
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verb
to disgrace; to humble |
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abate
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verb
to weaken; to lesson in severity, degree, or amount |
the storm abated
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abdicate
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verb
to give up a position, power, or right |
abdicate the throne
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aberrant
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adj
abnormal; deviant |
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abeyance
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noun
a delay, temporary suppression or suspension |
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abject
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adj
low in spirit; hopeless |
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abjure
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verb
to reject; abandon formally |
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abrogate
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verb
to abolish or annul by authority |
abolish the gate
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abscission
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noun
act of cutting off or removing |
scissors
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abscond
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verb
to leave secretly |
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abstain
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verb
to choose not to do something |
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abstemious
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adj
moderate in appetite |
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accretion
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noun
a growth in size; increase in amount |
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acme
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noun
highest point; summit; highest level or degree attainable |
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acrimonious
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adj
caustic, biting, rancorous in feeling, language, or manner |
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admonish
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verb
to express warning or disapproval; to reprove |
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adroit
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adj
adept; dexterous |
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adulation
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noun
excessive praise; intense adoration |
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adulterate
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verb
to make impure |
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adumbrate
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verb
to forshadow vaguely; intimate, suggest or outline sketchily |
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advocate
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verb
to speak in favor of |
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aerie
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noun
a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded dwelling |
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aesthetic
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adj
concerning the appreciation of beauty |
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affected
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adj
phony, artificial |
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aggrandize
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verb
to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
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alacrity
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adj
promptness, cheerful readiness |
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alloy
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verb
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior |
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amalgamation
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noun
a merger, unity of elements |
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ameliorate
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verb
to make better; to improve |
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amenable
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adj
agreeable, responsive to suggestion |
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anachronism
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noun
out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
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anathema
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noun
a solemn or ecclesiastical curse; an accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing |
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anodyne
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adj
soothing |
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antipathy
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noun
a dislike or aversion |
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