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approbation
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1. An expression of warm approval; praise. 2. Official approval.
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alleviate
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To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms.
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arboreal
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1. Relating to or resembling a tree. 2. Living in trees; arboreous: arboreal apes.
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aphasia
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Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease.
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askew
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To one side; awry: rugs lying askew.
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assonance
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Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words
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altruism
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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness.
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atrophy
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A wasting or decrease in size of a bodily organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use
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arbitrary
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1. Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle: stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice; arbitrary division of the group into halves.
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ascend
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To go or move upward; rise.
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ameliorate
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To make or become better; improve.
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amenable
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Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; tractable;obedient.
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