Sat Vocabulary - Week 1

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abdicate

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(v.) to give up power, esp. a royal position

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abet

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(v.) to aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense)

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abhor

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(v.) to regard with extreme disgust; detest utterly, loathe

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abrade

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(v.) to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing

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abridge

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(v.) to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents

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absolve

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(v.) to free from guilt or blame on their consequences

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abstruse

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(adj.) hard to understand

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abyss

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(n.) a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm

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accede

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(v.) to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent

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accommodate

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(v.) to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige

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accord

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(n.) an agreement; harmony

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accost

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(v.) to approach and speak to aggressively

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acerbic

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(adj.) sour or astringent in taste; sour or bitter in personality or language

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acquiesce

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(v.) to comply; submit

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acquisitive

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(adj.) eager to acquire and retain ideas or information

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acrimonious

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(adj.) caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.

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acumen

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(n.) quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight

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adage

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(n.) a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb

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adamant

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(adj.) utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.

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adept

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(adj.) very skilled; proficient; expert

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adhere

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(v.) to stick together; to remain devoted to; to be in accordance with something such as rules

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adjunct

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(n.) something added to another thing but no essential to it; (adj.) joined or associated, esp. in a subordinate relationship

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admonish

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(v.) to caution, advise, or counsel against something

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adroit

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(adj.) expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body

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advent

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(n.) a coming into place, view, or being; arrival

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advocate

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(n.) a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc.; (v.) to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly

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aesthetic

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(adj.) pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts

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affable

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(adj.) pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite

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affiliate

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(v.) to bring into close association or connection

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affluence

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(n.) abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth

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aggravate

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(v.) to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome

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aggregate

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(adj.) formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined

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agile

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(adj.) quick and well-coordinated in movement

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allege

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(v.) to assert to be true, esp. in a formal manner, as in court

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alleviate

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(v.) to make easier to endure; lessen in severity

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allot

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(v.) to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out

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allude

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(v.) to refer to incidentally, or by suggestion

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aloof

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(adv.) at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart; (adj.) reserved; indifferent

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altercation

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(n.) angry or zealous confrontation

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altruism

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(n.) the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others

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ambidextrous

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(adj.) able to use both hands equally well

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ambiguous

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(adj.) open to having several possible meanings or interpretations

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ambivalence

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(n.) uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things

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amble

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(v.) to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll

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amenable

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(adj.) ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive

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amiable

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(adj.) having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities

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amicable

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(adj.) characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable

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amorous

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(adj.) strongly attracted or disposed to showing physical affection; indicating love or sexual affection

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anarchy

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(n.) a state of society without government or law

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annex

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(n.) a building added to a larger one; (v.) to add or affix at the end; to add territory

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annihilate

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(v.) to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly

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annotation

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(n.) note created to explain or cite

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antecedent

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(n.) a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc.; (adj.) preceding; prior

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antidote

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(n.) a medicine or other remedy for counteracting to the effects of poison, disease, etc.; (v.) to counteract with an antidote

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antipathy

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(n.) expression of antagonism or deep dislike

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antiquated

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(adj.) continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned

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antithesis

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(adj.) opposite of an assertion; direct contrasting statement

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apathy

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(n.) absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement

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appall

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(v.) to fill or overcome with horror or fear; dismay

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appease

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(v.) to soothe by quieting anger or indignation

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appraise

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(v.) to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess

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apprehensive

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(adj.) uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

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arable

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(adj.) farmable; capable of producing crops

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arbitrate

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(v.) to make a judgment or help to resolve differences, esp. as a mediator between two groups or persons

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archaic

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(adj.) marked by the characteristics of an earlier period

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ardent

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(adj.) having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent

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argumentative

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(adj.) fond of or given to argument and dispute

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arraign

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(v.) to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment

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array

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(v.) to place in proper or desired order

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assiduous

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(adj.) constant; unremitting; hard-working

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assimilate

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(v.) to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb

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assuage

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(v.) to make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe; to calm

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astute

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(adj.) of keen penetration or discernment; insightful

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atone

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(v.) to make amends, as for an offense, a crime, or a sin

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atrocity

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(n.) a cruel act that causes pain and suffering; behavior that is wicked and inhumane

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atrophy

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(n.) wasting away from lack of use, as in a part of the body or the mind

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attribute

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(v.) to assign as a characteristic to be associated with any person, place, thing, or idea

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audacious

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(adj.) fearless, often recklessly daring

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augment

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(v.) to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase

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auspicious

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(adj.) promising success; highly favorable

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austere

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(adj.) severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding

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autonomous

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(adj.) self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only

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aversion

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(n.) a mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing

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avow

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(v.) to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit

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baleful

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(adj.) full of menacing or threatening influences

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banal

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(adj.) devoid of freshness or originality

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baneful

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(adj.) destructive

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banter

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(n.) light and humorous chat; good-natured conversation

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barbarous

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(adj.) uncivilized; wild; savage; crude

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barrage

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(n.) overwhelming quantity or explosion of words, blows, or criticisms

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bashful

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(adj.) uncomfortably shy and easily embarrassed; timid

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bask

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(v.) to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth

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begrudge

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(v.) to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone)

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beguile

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(v.) to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude

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belie

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(v.) to show to be false; contradict

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bellicose

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(adj.) inclined to eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent

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bemoan

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(v.) to express distress or grief over

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benediction

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(n.) a solemn blessing; an expression of good wishes

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benefactor

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(n.) a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper