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ABATE
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to lessen in intensity or degree,
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ABERRANT
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deviating from the norm,
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ABJURE
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid,
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ABROGATE
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to abolish or annul by authority; put down,
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ABSCISSION
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act of cutting off or removing,
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ABSCOND
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide,
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ACCOLADE
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an expression of priase; an award,
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ACCRETION
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growth, increase by succesive addition, building up,
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ACERBIC
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having a sour or bitter taste or character,
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ACUMEN
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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight,
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ADMONISH
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to reprove; to express warning or disapproval,
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ADROIT
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adept, dexterous,
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ADULATION
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excessive praise; intense adoration,
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ADULTERATE
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to reduce purity by combingin with inferior ingredients,
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ADUMBRATE
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to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily,
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AESTHETIC
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful,
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AGGRANDIZE
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater,
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ALACRITY
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eager and enthusiastic willingness,
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ALCHEMY
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a medieval science aimed at transmutation of metals, especially base metals into gold; any magical or wonderful transformation,
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ALLOY
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior,
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AMALGAMATE
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to combine several elements into a whole,
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AMELIORATE
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to make better or more tolerable,
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AMENABLE
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion,
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ANACHRONISM
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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context,
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ANATHEMA
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a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing,
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ANODYNE
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soothing,
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ANOMALY
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deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality,
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ANTIPATHY
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aversion, dislike,
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ANTITHETICAL
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diametrically opposed, as in antithesis,
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APOCRYPHAL
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of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious,
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APOGEE
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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith,
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APOSTATE
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause,
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APOTHEOSIS
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deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example,
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APPOSITE
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appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos,
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APPRISE
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give notice to, inform,
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APPROBATION
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an expression of approval or praise,
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APPROPRIATE
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to take for ones own use, confiscate,
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ARABESQUE
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complex, ornate design,
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ARCANE
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mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates,
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ARCHAIC
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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time,
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ARDUOUS
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strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort,
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ARRANT
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impudent (insulting); in every way, being completely such, barefaced, utter,
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ARREST
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to suspend; to engage,
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ARTLESS
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completely without guile; natural, without artificiality,
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ASCETIC
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one who practices rigid self-denail, especially as an act of religious devotion,
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ASPERITY
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severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability,
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ASPERSION
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an act of defamation or maligning,
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ASSIDUOUS
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diligent, hard-working,
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ASSUAGE
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify,
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ASTRINGENT
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe,
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ATTENUATE
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to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen,
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AUDACIOUS
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold,
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AUGURY
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omen, portent, the reading of omens,
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AUGUST
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majestic, venerable,
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AUSPICE
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protection or support, patronage,
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AUSPICIOUS
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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous,
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AUSTERE
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic,
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AVARICE
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greed, especially for wealth,
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AVER
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to state as a fact; to confirm or support,
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AXIOM
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a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying,
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AXIOMATIC
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth,
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BALEFUL
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sinister, pernicious, ominous,
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BANE
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cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration,
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BEATIFY
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly,
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BEDIZEN
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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison,
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BELIE
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to give a false impression of, to misrepresent,
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BELLICOSE
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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike,
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BENT
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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency,
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BLANDISH
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to coax with flattery, toady or fawn,
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BLITHE
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carefree, merry,
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BOISTEROUS
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loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint,
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BOLSTER
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to provide support or reinforcement,
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BOMBASTIC
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pompous; grandiloquent,high-sounding, inflated
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BOOR
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a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel,
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BROACH
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bring up, announce, begin to talk about,
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BROOK
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to tolerate, endure, countenance,
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BUCOLIC
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants,
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BURGEON
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to grow rapidly or flourish,
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BURNISH
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to polish, rub to a shine,
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BYZANTINE
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labyrinthine, complex,
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