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Aggregate

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(AG rug gayt)

Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together.

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Agnostic

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(AG NAHS tik)

One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven.

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Agrarian

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(uh GRAR ee un)

Adjective relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land.

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Alacrity

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( uh LAK ri tee)

Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond.

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Allege

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(uh LEJ)

To assert without proof.

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Alleviate

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(uh LEE vee ayt)

To relieve, usually temporarily or I'm completely; to make bearable; to lessen.

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Allocate

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(AL uh kayt)

To distribute; to assign; to allot.

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Alloy

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(AL oy)

A combination of two or more things, usually metals.

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Allusion

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(uh LOO zhun)

An indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint.

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Aloof

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(uh LOOF)

Uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance.

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Altruism

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(AL troo iz um)

Selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others.

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Ambience

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(AM bee uns)

Atmosphere; mood; feeling.

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Ambiguous

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(am BIG yoo us)

Unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways.

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Ambivalent

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(am BIV uh lunt)

Undecided; having opposed feeling simultaneously.

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Ameliorate

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(uh MEEL yuh rayt)

To make better or more tolerable.

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Amenable

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(uh MEEL nuh bull)

Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable.

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Amenable

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(uh MEEL nuh bull)

Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable.

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Amenity

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(uh MEN i tee)

Pleasantness; attractive or comfortable features.

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Amiable

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(AY mee uh bul)

Friendly; agreeable.

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Amnesty

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(AM nuh stee)

An official Pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy.

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Amoral

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(ay MOR ul)

Lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings.

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Amorous

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(AM ur us)

Feeling love, especially in a sexual sense; relating to love.

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Amorphous

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(uh MOR fus)

Shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; blob like.

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Abash

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(uh BASH)

to make ashamed; to embarrass

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Abate

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(uh BAYT)

To subside; to reduce.

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Abdicate

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(AB duh kayt)

To step down from a position of power or responsibility.

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Aberration

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(ab uh RAY shun)

Something not typical; a deviation from the standard.

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Abhor

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(ab HOR)

To hate very, very much; to detest.

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Abject

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(AB jekt)

Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated.

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Abnegate

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(AB nuh gayt)

To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce.

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Abortive

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(uh BOR tiv)

Unsuccessful.

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Abridge

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(uh BRIJ)

To shorten; to condense.

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Absolute

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(AB duh loot)

Total; unlimited.

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Absolve

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(ab ZOLV)

to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation.

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Abstinent

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(AB stuh nunt)

Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation.

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Abstract

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(AB strakt)

Theoretical; impersonal.

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Abstruse

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(ab STROOS)

hard to understand.

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Abysmal

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(uh BIZ mul)

Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless.

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Accolade

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(AK uh layd)

An award; an honor.

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Accoste

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(uh KAWST)

to approach and speak to someone agressively.

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Acerbic

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(uh SUR bic)

Sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood, or tone.

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Acquisce

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(ak wee ES)

to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree.

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Acrid

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(AK rid)

Harshly pungent; bitter.

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Acrimonious

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(ak ruh MOH nee us)

Full of spite; bitter; nasty.

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Acumen

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(AK yoo mun)

Keenness of judgement; mental sharpness.

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Acute

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(uh KYOOT)

Sharp; shrewd.

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Adamant

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(AD uh munt)

Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible.

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Address

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(uh DRESS)

To speak to; to direct one's attention to.

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Adherent

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(ad HEER unt)

Follower; supporter; believer.

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Admonish

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(ad MAHN ish)

To scold gently; to warn.

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Adroit

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(uh DROYT)

Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease.

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Adulation

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(aj uh LAY shun)

Wild or excessive admiration; flattery.

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Adulterate

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(uh DUL yuh rayt)

To contaminate; to make impure.

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Adverse

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(ad VURS)

unfavorable; antagonistic.

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Aesthetic

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(es THET ik)

Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic.

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Affable

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(AF uh bull)

Easy to talk to; friendly.

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Affectation

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(af ek TAY shun)

Unnatural or artificial behaviour, usually intended to impress.

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Affinity

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(uh FIN uh tee)

Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity.

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Affluent

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(AF loo unt)

Rich; prosperous.

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Agenda

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(uh JEN da)

Program; the things to be done.

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Anachronism

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(uh NAK ruh niz um)

Something out of place in time or history; an incongruity.

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Analogy

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A comparison of one thing to another; similarity.

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Anarchy

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Absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

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Anecdote

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A short account of a humerus or revealing incident.

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Anguish

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Agonizing physical or mental pain.

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Animosity

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Resentmenr; hostility; Ill will

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Anomaly

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An abberation; an irregularity; a deviation

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Antecedent

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Someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came before it.

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Antipathy

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(an TIP uh thee)

Firm dislike; a dislike

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Antithesis

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(an TITH uh sis)

The direct opposite

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Apartheid

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(uh PAHRT hyte)

The formal policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa.

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Apathy

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Lack of interest; lack of feeling

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Aphorism

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(AF uh riz um)

A brief, often witty saying; a proverb

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Apocalypse

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A prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world.

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Apocryphal

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(uh POK ruh ful)

Of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious.

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Apotheosis

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(uh pahth ee OH sos)

Elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something.

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Appease

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To sooth; to pacify by giving in to.

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Appreciate

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To increase in value.

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Apprehensive

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Worries; anxious.

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Approbation

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Approval; praise.

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Appropriate

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To take without permission; to set aside for a particular use.

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Aptitude

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Capacity for learning; natural ability.

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Arbiter

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One who decides; a judge.

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Arbitrary

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Random; capricious.

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Arcane

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Mysterious; known only to a select few.

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Archaic

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Extremely pls; ancient; outdated.

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Archetype

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(ARH kuh type)

An original model or pattern.

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Ardent

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Passionate; enthusiastic.

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Arduous

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(AHR joo us)

Hard; difficult.

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Aristocratic

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Of noble birth; snobbish.

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Artful

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Crafty; wily; sly.

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Artifice

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A clever trick; cunning.

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Ascendancy

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Supremacy; domination.

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Ascetic

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Hermitlike; practicing self-denial.

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Assiduous

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Hardworking; busy; quite diligent.

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Assimilate

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To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly.

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Assuage

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(uh SWAYJ)

to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve.

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Astute

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Shrewd; keen in judgement.

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Atheist

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One who does not believe in the existence of God or divine being.

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Attrition

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Gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size.

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Audacity

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Boldness; reckless daring; impertinence.

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Augment

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To make bigger; to add to; to increase.

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Auspicious

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Favorable; promising; pointing to a good result.

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Austere

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Unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess.

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Autocratic

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Ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy.

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Autonomous

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Acting independently.

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Avarice

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Greed; excessive love of riches.

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Avow

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To claim; to declare boldly; to admit.

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Avuncular

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Like an uncle, especially a nice uncle.

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Awry

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Off course; twisted to one side.

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Axiom

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(AX see um)

A self évident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying.

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Banal

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(Buh NAL)

Unoriginal; ordinary.

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Bane

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Poison; torment; cause of harm.

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Bastion

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Stronghold; fortress; fortified place.

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Beget

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To give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause.

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Belabor

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(Bi LAY bur)

To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent.

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Beleaguer

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To surroud; to besiege; to harass.

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Belie

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To give a false impression of; to contradict.

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Belittle

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To make seem little; to put someone down

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Belligerent

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Combative; quarrelsome; waging war.

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Bemused

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Confuses; bewildered.

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Benefactor

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One who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation.

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Benevolent

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Generous; kind; doing good deeds.

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Benign

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Gentle; not harmful; kind; mild.

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Bequest

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Something left to someone in a will.

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Bereaved

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Deprived or left desolate, especially through death

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Beset

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To harrass; to surround.

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Blasphemy

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Irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity.

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Blatant

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Unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring.

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Blight

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A disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys.

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Blithe

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Carefree; cheerful.

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Bourgeois

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Middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional.

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Bovine

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Cow related; cowlike.

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Brevity

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Briefness.

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Broach

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To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject.

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Bucolic

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(Byoo KAHL ic)

Charmingly rural; rustic; country like.

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Bureaucracy

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A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administrative system characterized by lots of rules.

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Bureaucracy

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A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administrative system characterized by lots of rules.

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Burgeon

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To expand; to flourish.

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Burlesque

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A ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation.

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Cacophony

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Harh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sound.

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Cadence

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Rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds.

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Cajole

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To persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do.

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Callow

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Immature.

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Candor

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Truthfulness; sincere honesty.

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Capitalism

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An economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens (not the government) and in which the resulting products and services are sold with relatively little government control.

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Capitulate

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To surrender; to give up or give in.

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; likely to change at any moment.

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Caricature

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A portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to probe some point about its subject.

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Castigate

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To critizise severely; to chastise.

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Catalyst

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In chemistry, something that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being changed; anyone or at thing that makes something happen without being directly involved in it.

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Categorical

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Unconditional; absolute.

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Catharsis

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Purification that brings emotional relief or renewal.

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Catholic

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Universal; embracing everything.

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Caustic

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Like acid; corrosive.

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Celibacy

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Abstinence from sex.

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Censure

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To condemn severely for doing something bad.

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Cerebral

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Brainy; intellectually refined.

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Chagrin

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(shuh GRIN)

Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment.

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Charisma

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A magical - seeming ability to attract follows or inspire loyalty.

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Charlatan

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Fraud; quack; conman.

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Chasm

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A deep, gaping hole; a gorge.

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Chastise

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To inflict punishment on; to discipline.

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Chicanery

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Trickery; deceitfulness; artifice, especially legal or political.

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Chimera

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An illusion; a foolish fancy.

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Choleric

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(KAHL ur ik)

Hot tempered; quick to anger.

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Chronic

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Constant; lasting a long time; inveterate.

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Chronicle

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A record of events in order of time; a history.

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Circuitous

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Roundabout; not following a direct path.

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Circumlocution

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(sur kum loh KYOO shun)

An indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language.

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Circumscribe

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To draw a line arouns; to set the limits; to define; to restrict.

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Circumspect

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Cautious.

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Circumvent

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To frustrate as though by surrounding

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Civil

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Polite; civilized; courteous.

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Clemency

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Mercy; forgiveness; mildness.

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Cliché

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An overused saying or idea.

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Clique

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An exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest.

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Coalesce

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To come together as one; to fuse; to unite.

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Coerce

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To force someone to do or not to do something.

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Cogent

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Powerfully convincing.

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Cognitive

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Dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental.

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Cognizant

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Aware; conscious.

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Coherent

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Holding together; making sense.

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Colloquial

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Conversational; informal in language.

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Collusion

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Conspiracy; secret cooperation.

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Commensurate

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Equal; proportionate.

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Compelling

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Forceful: causing to yield.

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Compendium

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A summary; an abridgment.

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Complacent

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Self satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault.

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Complement

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To complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart.

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Complicity

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Participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice.

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Comprehensive

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Covering or including everything.

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Comprise

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To consist of.

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Conciliatory

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Making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through good will.

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Concise

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Brief and to the point.