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abbess n.
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lady superior of a nunnery
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abbot n.
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superior of community of monks
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abed
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in/on a bed
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aberration
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deviation from right/customary or prescribed course
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abet
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aid, promote
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abeyance
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suspension state
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abhorrent
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repugnant hateful
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abidance
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an abiding
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abject
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sunk to low condition adj.
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abjure
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to recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
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ablution
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washing or cleansing
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abnegate
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renounce
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aboriginal
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primitive
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aboveboard
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Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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abrogate
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abolish/repeal
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abscond
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depart suddenly/secretly (escape)
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absolution
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forgivness
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absolve
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free from sin or blame
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abstain
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hold oneself back
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abstemious
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characterized by self denial
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abut
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touch at end/boundary line
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accede
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agree
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accouter
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to dress (be accoutereD)
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achillean
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invulnerable
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acquiesce
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comply/submit
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acquittal
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discharge from accdusation
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actuary
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officer
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actuate
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to move/ incite to action
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adamant
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exceeding hardness/impenetrability
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addendum
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somehting added
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addle
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make worthless
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adduce
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bring forward
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adjuration
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vehement appeal
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adjutant
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auxiliary
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affable
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approachable
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afresh
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once more
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aggrieve
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give sorrow to
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albeit
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even though
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allegory
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The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
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allotment
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portion
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alluvion
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flood
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ambrosial
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sweet/fragrant
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ampersand
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the character &/ and
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anathema
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anythingforbidden
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anhydrous
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withered
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animadversion
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utterance of criticism
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annalist
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historian
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annals
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a record of events in chrolological order
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antediluvian
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pertainig to the times before noahs
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antemundane
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before worlds creation
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antiphon
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A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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antipodes n.
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A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antistrophe
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The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
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aperture
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hold
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apiary
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keeps bees
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apogee
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the climax
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apostasy
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total departure from ones faith
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apostate
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false
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apellate
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capable fo being apealed to
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appertain
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To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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apposite
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appropriate
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approbation
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sanction
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arbor
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tree
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arrant
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notoriously bad
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arrear
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somethign overdue
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ascendant
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dominant
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askance
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side glance
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assiduous
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diligent
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