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adulation
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flattery
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adulterate
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances.
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advent
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arrival
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adventitious
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accidental; casual
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adversary
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opponent
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adverse
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unfavorable; hostile
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adversity
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poverty; misfortune
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advocacy
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support; active pleading on something's bahalf
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No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.
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advocate
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urge; plead for
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aerie
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nest of a large bird of prey
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The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.
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aesthetic
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artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
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affable
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
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affected
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artificial; pretended; assumed in order to air of boredom
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affidavit
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written statement made under oath
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affiliation
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joining; associating with
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His affiliation with the political party was of short duration for he soon disagreed with his colleagues.
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affinity
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kinship
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affirmation
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positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
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