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abash
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to make ashamed, to embarrass
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abate
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to subside; to reduce
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abdicate
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to step down from a position of power or responsibility
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aberration
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something not typical; a deviation from the standard
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abhor
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to hate very, very much; to detest
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abject
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hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated
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abnegate
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to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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abridge
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to shorten; to condense
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absolute
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total; unlimited; perfect
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absolve
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to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation
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abstinent
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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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theoretical; impersonal
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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abysmal
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extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless
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accolade
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an award; an honor
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accost
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to approach and speak to someone aggressively
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acerbic
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bitter; sour; severe
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acquiesce
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to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
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acrid
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harsh; like acid
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acrimonious
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full of spite; bitter; nasty
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acumen
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keenness of judgment; mental sharpness
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acute
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sharp; shrewd
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adamant
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stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
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address
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to speak to; to direct one's attention to
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adherent
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follower; supporter; believer
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admonish
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to scold gently; to warn
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adroit
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skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
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adulation
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wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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adulterate
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to contaminate; to make impure
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adverse
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unfavorable; antagonistic
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aesthetic
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having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
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aesthete
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someone who admires beautiful things greatly
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gauche
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graceless; crude; socially awkward; clumsy
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affable
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easy to talk to; friendly
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affectation
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unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
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affinity
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sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity, resemblance
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affluent
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rich; prosperous
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agenda
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program; the things to be done
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averse
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opposed to something
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agrarian
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relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
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agnostic
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one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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aggregate
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sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
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congregate
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to get together
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segregate
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to keep apart; separate
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integrate
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unite
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alacrity
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cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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allege
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to assert without proof
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alleviate
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to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
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allocate
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to distribute; to assign; to allot
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alloy
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combination of two or more things, usually metals
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unalloyed
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undiluted; pure
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allusion
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an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
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aloof
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uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance
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altruism
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selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
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ambience
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atmosphere; mood; feeling
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ambient
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surrounding; circulating
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
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ambivalent
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undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
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obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
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amenity
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pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
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amiable
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friendly; agreeable
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amicable
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politely friendly; not hostile
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amnesty
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an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy; a pardon to a group or class of people
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amoral
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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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feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
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amorphous
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shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike
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anachronism
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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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analog
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something similar in a particular respect to something else
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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 humorous 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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resentment; hostility; ill will
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anomaly
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an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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anomalous
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not normal or regular
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antecedent
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someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it
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antipathy
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firm dislike; a dislike
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antithesis
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the direct opposite
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apartheid
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the abhorrent 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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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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of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious
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apotheosis
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elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something
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appease
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to soothe; 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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worried; anxious
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misapprehension
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misunderstanding
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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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ineptitude
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unskillfullness resulting from a lack of training
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