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Abate |
Become less in amount or intensity |
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Abdicate |
Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors |
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Aberration |
A state or condition markedly different from the norm |
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Abstain |
Choose not to consume |
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Adversity |
A state of miss fortune or affliction |
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Aesthetic |
Characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
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Amicable |
Characterized by friendship and goodwill |
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Anachronistic |
Chronologically miss placed |
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Arid |
Lacking sufficient water or rainfall |
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Asylum |
A shelter from danger or hardship |
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Benevolent |
Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding |
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Bias |
A partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue |
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Boisterous |
Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits |
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Brazen |
Unrestrained by convention or propriety |
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Brusque |
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
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Camaraderie |
The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability |
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Canny |
Showing self interest and shrewdness and dealing with others |
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Capacious |
Large in the amount that can be contained |
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Capitulate |
Surrender under agreed conditions |
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Clairvoyant |
Someone who can perceive things not present to the senses |