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alimony
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n. payment by a husband to his divorced wife
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alienate
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vb. make hostile vb. separate
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alimentary
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adj. supplying nourishment
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allege
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vb. state without proof
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allegory
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n. story in which characters are used as symblos n. fable
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alias
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n. an assumed name
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alleviate
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vb. relieve
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alchemy
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n. medieval chemistry
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advent
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n. arrival
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adversity
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n. poverty n. misfortune
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affected
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adj. artificial adj. not original
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adverse
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adj. unfavorable adj. hostile
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adventitious
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adj. accidental adj. casual
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aegis
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n. shield n. defense
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affable
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adj. polite
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advert
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vb. refer to
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allay
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vb. calm vb. pacify
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advocate
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vb. urge vb. plead for
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aesthetic
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adj. artistic adj. dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
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aeon
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n. long period of time n. an age
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alacrity
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n. cheerful promptness
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agape
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adj. openmouthed
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affidavit
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n. written statement made under oath
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affiliation
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n. joining n. associating with
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affirmation
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n. solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
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affray
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n. public fight
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alliteration
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n. repetition of beginning sound in poetry
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affluence
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n. abundance n. wealth
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affinity
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n. connection
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agenda
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n. item of business at a meeting
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agility
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n. nimbleness
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aghast
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adj. horrified
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agglomeration
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n. collection n. heap
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aggregate
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adj. sum adj. total
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aggrandize
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vb. increase or intensify
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agitate
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vb. stir up vb. disturb
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agrarian
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adj. pertaining to land or its cultivation
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agitation
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n. strong feeling n. excitement
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agronomist
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n. scientist engatged in the management of land
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agnostic
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n. one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
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