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anthropomorphous adj.
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Having or resembling human form
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antic n
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A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action
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Antichrist n.
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Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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anticlimax n.
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A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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anticyclone n.
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An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward
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antidote n
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Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like
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antilogy n.
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Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas
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antipathize v.
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To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike
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antiphon n.
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A response or alteration of responses, generally musical
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antiphony n.
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A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antiquary n
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One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc
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antiquate v.
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To make old or out of date
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antique adj.
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Pertaining to ancient times
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antiseptic n.
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Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms
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antislavery adj.
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Opposed to human slavery
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antispasmodic adj
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Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections
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antistrophe n
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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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antitoxin n
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A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms
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antonym n
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A word directly opposed to another in meaning
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anxious adj.
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Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter
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apathy n
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Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling
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aperture n
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Hole
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apex n.
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The highest point, as of a mountain.
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aphorism n.
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Proverb
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apiary n
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A place where bees are kept.
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apogee n
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The climax.
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apology n.
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A disclaimer of intentional error or offense
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apostasy n.
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A total departure from one's faith or religion
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apostate adj.
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False
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apostle n
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Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority
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apothecary n.
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One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions
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apotheosis n
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Deification
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appall v.
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To fill with dismay or horror
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apparent adj.
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Easily understood.
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apparition n
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Ghost.
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appease v
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To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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appellate adj.
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Capable of being appealed to
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append v.
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To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary
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appertain v
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To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation
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apposite adj
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Appropriate
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apothecary n.
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One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions
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apotheosis n
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Deification
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appall v.
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To fill with dismay or horror
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apparent adj.
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Easily understood.
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apparition n
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Ghost.
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appease v
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To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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appellate adj.
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Capable of being appealed to
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append v.
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To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary
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appertain v
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To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation
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apposite adj
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Appropriate
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apposition n.
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The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact
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appraise v.
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To estimate the money value of
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appreciable adj.
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Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect
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apprehend v.
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To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law
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apprehensible adj
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Capable of being conceived.
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approbation n
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Sanction.
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appropriate adj
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Suitable for the purpose and circumstances
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aqueduct n.
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A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance
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aqueous adj.
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Of, pertaining to, or containing water
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arbiter n.
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One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters
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arbitrary adj
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Fixed or done capriciously
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arbitrate v
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To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arbor n
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A tree.
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arboreal adj
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Of or pertaining to a tree or trees
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arborescent adj.
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Having the nature of a tree
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arboretum n
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A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs
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arboriculture n.
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The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arcade n.
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A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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archaic adj
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Antiquated
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archaism n.
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Obsolescence.
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archangel n
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An angel of high rank
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archbishop n.
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The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church
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archdeacon n
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A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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archaeology n
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The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man
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archetype n
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A prototype.
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archipelago n.
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Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves
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ardent adj.
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Burning with passion
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ardor n.
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Intensity of passion or affection.
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arid adj
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Very dry.
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aristocracy n.
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A hereditary nobility
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archangel n
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An angel of high rank
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archbishop n.
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The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church
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archdeacon n
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A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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archaeology n
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The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man
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archetype n
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A prototype.
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archipelago n.
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Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves
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ardent adj.
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Burning with passion
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ardor n.
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Intensity of passion or affection.
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arid adj
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Very dry.
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aristocracy n.
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A hereditary nobility
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aristocrat n
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A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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armada n
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A fleet of war-vessels
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armful n.
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As much as can be held in the arm or arms
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armory n
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An arsenal.
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aroma n.
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An agreeable odor
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arraign v.
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To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not
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arrange v.
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To put in definite or proper order
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arrangement n.
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The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order
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arrant adj.
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Notoriously bad
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arrear n
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Something overdue and unpaid
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arrival n.
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A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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arrogant adj.
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Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc
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arrogate v.
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To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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Artesian well n.
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A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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artful adj
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Characterized by craft or cunning
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Arthurian adj.
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Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story
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artifice n.
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Trickery.
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artless adj.
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Ingenuous.
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ascendant adj.
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Dominant.
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ascension n
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The act of rising
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