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abate
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to decrease
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bite
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abet
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to aid
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a bet
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abjure
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to abandon
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abnegate
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to give up
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i object!!
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abortive
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ending without results
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aborting hw
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abrogate
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to annul;abolish by authorative action
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gate
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abscond
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to leave in secret
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second
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abstemious
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done sparingly
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stem
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accede
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to agree to
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accretion
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growth in size or amount
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creation
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actuate
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to activate
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dont push the button!!
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acuity
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perception by observing fine detail
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acumen
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sharpness of mind
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acuity
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adjudicate
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to act as a judge
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judicate
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adjure
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to appeal to; request
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the criminal ------- for mercy from the jury
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admonish
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to caution or warn gently
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SAT lectures
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adroit
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skillful
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hermione
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adulation
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to admire
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an adult
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adumbrate
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to give hint of something coming
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dumb ppl
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aerie
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a nest built high in air; a high ,us. secluded, dwelling
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air
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affected
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phony, artificial
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the affected hairdresser spoke Frech phrases though she has nvr been to france.
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aggregate
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the sum total
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1+1=2
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algorithm
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a establshed procedure for prob solving
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math class...
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alimentary
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concerning food, nutrition, and digestion
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ailments
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amity
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friendship, good will
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opp. of emity
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amorphous
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having no def form
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amorphous solids
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animus
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ill will
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grumpy sirius
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anodyne
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source of confort; painkiller
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sounds like a medicine.... a good one
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anomaly
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a deviation from the norm
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different
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anthropomorphic
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adj. suggesting human traits for animals or inanimate objs
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morphing into human
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antiquated
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too old to be fashionable or useful
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antiques
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aphorism
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a short statement of a principle
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aplomb
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self confident assurance; poise
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opp of bomb likeness
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apostate
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to renounce (abnegate) a religious faith
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to state new
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apposite
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well adapting, strikingly appropriate
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appositives are app. in sentences
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apprise
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to inform, to give notice to
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notification of prize givings
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appropriate
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to assign to a particular purpose
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its a verb; allocate is syn
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arable
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suitable for cultivation
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charlotte's web-- the arables owned a farm
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arcane
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secret
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arcanine
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archipelago
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a large group of islands
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hawaii
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dissident
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disagreeing with an established religious or political system
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doctrinaire
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rigidly devored to thories without regard for practicality; dogmatic
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dour
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sullen and gloomy; stern and severe
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declaim
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to speak loudly and vehemently
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defamatory
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injurious to the reputation
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demagogue
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a leader, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
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denizen
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an inhabitant, a resident`
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deride
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to laugh at contemtuosly, to make fun of
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diffuse
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to spread out widely, scatter freely
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dilapidated
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in disrepair, run down
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diluvial
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pertaining to a flood
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discomfit
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to disconcert, to make one lose one's composure
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discrete
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individually distinct, separate
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disingenuous
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giving a false appeal of simple frankness; misleading
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