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to ascribe
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to refer to, to attribute, to assign
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ashen
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ash–colored, deadly pale
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asinine
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stupid, silly
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askance
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with a sideways or indirect look
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askew
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to one side
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asperity
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harshness or sharpness of temper
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aspersion
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damaging or disparaging remark
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aspirant
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seeker after position or status
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aspiration
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noble ambition or strong desire
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to aspire to
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to seek after
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to assail
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to attack, to assault
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to assay
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to analyze, to test
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to assent
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to agree to, to concur
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assiduous
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diligent, persevering
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to assuage
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to lessen (pain, distress)
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assurance
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promise, confidence, certainty
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astigmatism
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eye defect which prevents proper focus
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to astound
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to astonish greatly
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astral
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relating to the stars
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astray
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off the right path
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astringent
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styptic, causing contraction
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astute
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showing or having a clever or shrewd mind
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asunder
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apart
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asylum
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shelter
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atavism
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resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents, deformity returning after multiple generations
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atelier
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a studio or workshop, esp. one used by an artist
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to atone
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to make amends (for a wrongdoing)
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to attenuate
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to weaken
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to attest
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to testify or certify
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audacious
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bold, fearless
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to augment
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to enlarge
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augury
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omen
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august
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inspiring, magnificent, majestic, grand
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aureole
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a sun's corona, halo
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auroral
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pertaining to the aurora borealis
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auspicious
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favorable, successful
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austere
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strict, stern
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austerity
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severity, harshness
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authoritative
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having the weight of authority
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automaton
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mechanism which imitates actions of humans
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auxiliary
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additional, subsidiary, supplementary
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avarice
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greed
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avatar
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incarnation of a god
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to aver
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to declare to be true
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averse
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reluctant
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aversion
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antipathy
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to avert
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to turn away
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aviary
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enclosure for birds
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avid
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greedy, enthusiastic
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avocation
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secondary occupation, hobby
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to avow
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to declare openly
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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awry
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not straight, askew
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to babble
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to make incoherent sounds
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bacchanalian
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drunken
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to badger
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to pester or annoy
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badinage
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playful, teasing talk
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bagatelle
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something of little importance
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bald
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having white fur or feathers on the head
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baleful
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harmful, threatening
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to balk
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to thwart, to foil, to obstruct
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balm
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anything healing or soothing
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balmy
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soothing, pleasant
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banal
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dull or stale because of overuse
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to bandy
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to pass gossip freely
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bane
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cause of distress
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bar
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lawyers collectively, the legal profession
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barb
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a sharp point curving or projecting from an opposite direction from the main point
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baroque
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characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines
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barren
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not producing crops or fruit, desolate
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barrister
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lawyer
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barterer
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trader
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to bask
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to warm oneself pleasantly
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basson
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фагот
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bastion
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strong defense or bulwark, stronghold
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to bate
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to abate
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to batten
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to be well–fed at another's expense
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bauble
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a showy but worthless or useless thing
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bawdy
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indecent, obscene
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beatific
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showing happiness
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beatitude
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a state of bliss
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to beckon
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to summon with a gesture
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to bedizen
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to dress or decorate in a cheap, showy way
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to bedraggle
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to make wet and dirty
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beeline
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a straight, direct line
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to befuddle
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to confuse thoroughly
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to begrudge
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to regard with displeasure
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to beguile
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to pass time pleasantly
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beholden
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obliged to feel grateful
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to behoove
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[impersonal] to be necessary for
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to belabor
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to beat severely, to attack with words
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belated
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late, delayed
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to beleaguer
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to besiege
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to belie
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to give a false idea or impression of
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bellicose
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warlike
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to bellow
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to cry out loudly
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to bemoan
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to lament, to moan about
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bemused
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baffled
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benediction
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blessing
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benighted
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overcome by darkness, intellectually or morally backward
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