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abberant

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deviating from the norm

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abjure

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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid

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abrogate

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to abolish or annul by authority; put down

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abscission

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act of cutting off or removing

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abscond

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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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accolade

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an expression of praise; an award

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accretion

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growth, increase by successive addition, building up

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adulation

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excessive praise; intense adoration

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adumbrate

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to foreshadow vaguely; intiimate, suggest, or outline sketchily

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aggrandize

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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater

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alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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amalgamate

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to combine several elements into a whole

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anathema

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a solemn or ecclesiastical(religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing

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anodyne

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soothing

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apogee

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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith

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apostate

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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause

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apotheosis

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deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example

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apposite

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appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos

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apprise

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give notice to, inform

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approbation

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an expression of approval or praise

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arabesque

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complex, ornate design

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arduous

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strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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arrant

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impudent; in every way, being completely such, bare faced, utter

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arrest

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to suspend; to engage

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artless

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completely without guile; natural, without artificiality

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asperity

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harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner

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aspersion

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an act of defamation or maligning

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assiduous

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diligent, hard-working

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astringent

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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe

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attenuate

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to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen

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audacious

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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augury

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omen, portent, the reading of omens

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august

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majestic, venerable

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auspice

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protection or support, patronage

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auspicious

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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

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austere

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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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aver

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to state as fact; to confirm or support

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axiomatic

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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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baleful

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sinister, pernicious, ominous

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beatify

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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly

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bedizen

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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison

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belie

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to give a false impression of, to misrepresent

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bellicose

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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

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bent

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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

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blandish

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to coax with flattery, toady or fawn

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blithe

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carefree, merry

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boisterous

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loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

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bolster

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to provide support or reinforcement

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bombastic

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pompous; grandiloquent

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boor

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a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel