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adjourn
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to suspend until another time
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adjunct
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something added to or connected with something else; an assistant
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ad-lib
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to improvise; speak or act spontaneously
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advent
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arrival; coming; beginning
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adventitious
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accidental; connected to but nonetheless unrelated; irrelevant
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advocate
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a person who argues in favor of a position
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affidavit
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a sworn written statement made before an official
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affiliate
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to become closely associated with
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affliction
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misery; illness; great suffering; a source of misery, illness, or great suffering
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afford
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to give; to supply; to confer upon
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affront
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insult; a deliberate act of disrespect
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aftermath
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consequence, events following some occurence or calamity
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aggrandize
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to exxagerate; to cause to appear greater; to increase something) in power, reputation, wealth, etc.
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aggrieve
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to mistreat; to do grevous injury to; to distress
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aghast
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terrified; shocked
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alchemy
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a seemingly magical process of transformation
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alienate
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to estrange; to cause to feel unwelcome or unloved; to make hostile
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allegiance
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loyalty
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allegory
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a story in which the charactors are symbols with moral or spiritual meanings
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allot
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to apportion, allocate, or assign
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altercation
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a hearted fight, argument or quarrel
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amass
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to pile up, to accumulate, to collect for one's own use
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amid
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in the middle of
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anathema
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something or someone loathed or detested
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ancillary
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subordinate; providing assistance
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angst
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anxiety; fear; dread
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annex
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to add or attach
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annuity
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an annual allowance or income; the annual interest payment on an investment; any regular allowance or income
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antedate
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to be older than; to have come before
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anterior
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situated in front
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