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abase
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to reduce or lower, as in rank
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abatement
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a deduction from the full amount of a tax, the state of being abated
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abhor
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to regard with extreme aversion
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abject
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utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating
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abridge
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to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents
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abrupt
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sudden or unexpected
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abstemious
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sparing or moderate in eating or drinking
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abstinent
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forbearance from any indulgence of appetite
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abysmal
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immeasurely deep or great, of or like an abyss
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a cappella
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without instrumental accompaniment
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Acclivity
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an upward slope
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accredited
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officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements
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acrid
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sharp or biting to the taste or smell
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amorphous
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having no specific shape
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anthropomorphic
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human form or attributes to a being or thing not human
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aqueduct
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a conduct or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance
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arpeggio
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the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously
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arthropod
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any of a phylum
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audiophile
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a person who is especially interested in high-fidelity sound reproduction
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anomalous
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inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected
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