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a fortiori
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for a still stronger reason: all the more, used of a conclusion that is logically more certain than another
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abidance
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the act or condition of abiding, continuance, adherence, compliance
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Abu Dhabi
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a sheikom and city of eastern Arabia on the persian gulf. the city is the capital of the federated united arab emirates, with enormous oil revenues, the sheikom has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world
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acquittal
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judgement as by a judge or jury, that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as charged the state of being found or proved not guilty
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aggravation
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the act of of aggravating or the state of being aggravated
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akimbo
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in or into the position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed out
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algorism
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the arabic system of numeration, the decimal system, computation with arabic figures
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altercation
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a vehement quarrel
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anacoluthon
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an abrupt change withina sentence to a second construction inconsistent with the first, sometimes used for rhetorical effect
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anaphylactic shock
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a sudden
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androgynous
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having both male and female characteristics hemophroditic, being neither distinguishly masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior, unisex
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anecdotal
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of characterized by or full of anecdotes
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