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Abate
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reduce, susbside
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lets wait till the storm abates
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abscond
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leave in secret
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he absconed his army after the defeat.
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abstain
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Chose no to do something
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the senators abstained voting on the bill
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abyss
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extremely deep hole
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the submarine dove into the abyss of the ocean.
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adulterate
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to make impure
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the resturant adulterate its ketchup to make it last longer
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advocate
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to speak in favor of
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aesthetic
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concerning the appretiation of beauty
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aggrandize
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to increase in power, influence, reputation
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he aggrandizes him self by claiming many achievments
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alleviate
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to make more bearable
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this drug alleviates drug symptoms
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amalgamate
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combine together, mix
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youtube.com amalgamated with google company
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ambiguous
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doubtful, uncertain
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the direction to the city was so ambiguous
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ameliorate
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make better, improve
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the added many ingriedents to ameliorate their recipe
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anachronism
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One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time
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analogous
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similar in some way, equivelant to
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there are many analogous genes in both humans and monkeys
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anomaly
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deviation from normal
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Some Leukemia patients may have an anomaly chromosome called philadelphia chromosome.
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