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ABASE

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to humiliate; to lower in esteem or dignity; to humble;

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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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ABET

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to support or encourage someone especially someone who has done something wrong;

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ABEYANCE

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obeysuspension; temporary cessation;

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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; utterly bummed out;

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ABJURE

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to repudiate; to take back; to refrain from;

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ABNEGATE

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to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce;

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ABOMINATION

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something despised or abhorred; extreme loathing;

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ABORIGINAL

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native; dating back to the very beginning;

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ABORTIVE

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unsuccessful;

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ABOUND

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to be very numerous;

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ABRIDGE

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to shorten; to condense;

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ABROGATE

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to abolish or repeal formally; to set aside; to nullify;

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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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ACCEDE

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to give in; to yield; to agree;

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ACCENTUATE

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to emphasize; to accent; to highlight;

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ACCESS

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the right or ability to approach enter or use;

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ACCLAIM

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to praise publicly and enthusiastically;

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ACCOLADE

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an award; an honor;

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ACCORD

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to agree; to be in harmony; to grant or bestow;

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ACCOST

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to approach and speak to someone;

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ACCOUTERMENTS

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personal clothing accessories or equipment; trappings;

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ACCRUE

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to accumulate over time;

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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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ACQUISITIVE

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seeking or tending to acquire;

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ACQUIT

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to find not guilty; to bahave or conduct oneself;

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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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ACRONYM

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exufoa word made up of the initials of other words;

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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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ADLIB

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to improvise; speak or act spontanesously;

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ADAGE

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a. traditional saying; a proverb;

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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 ones attention to;

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ADDUCE

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citeto bring forward as an example or as proof; to cite;

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ADHERENT

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follower; supporter; believer;

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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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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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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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ADVERSE

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unfavorable; antagonistic;

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ADVOCATE

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a. person who argues in favor of a position;

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AESTHETIC

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having to do with artistic beauty; artistic;

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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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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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AFFINITY

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sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity;

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AFFLICTION

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misery; illness; great suffering; a source of misery or great suffering;

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AFFLUENT

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rich; prosperous;

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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 occurrence or calamity;

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AGENDA

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program; the things to be done;

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AGGRANDIZE

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to exaggerate; to cause to appear greater; to increasesomething in powerreputation wealth etc;

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AGGREGATE

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sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together;

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AGGRIEVE

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grievousto mistreat; to do grievous injury to; to distress;

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AGHAST

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terrified shocked;

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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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AGRARIAN

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

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ALACRITY

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cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond;

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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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ALLEGE

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to assert without proof;

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ALLEGIANCE

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loyaltyloyalty;

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ALLEGORY

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a. story in which the characters are symbols with moral or spiritual meanings;

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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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ALLOT

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allocateto apportion allocate or assign;

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ALLOY

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a. combination of two or more things usually metals;

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ALLUSION

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hint an indirect reference often to a literary work; a hint;

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ALOOF

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uninvolved; standing off; keeping ones distance;

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ALTERCATION

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a. heated fight argument or quarrel;

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ALTRUISM

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selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others;

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AMASS

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to pile up; to accumulate; to collect for ones own use;

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AMBIENCE

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mood atmosphere; mood; feeling;

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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; neutral; wishywashy;

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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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AMID

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in the middle of;

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AMNESTY

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an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy;

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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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similarity 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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ANATHEMA

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something or someone loathe or detested;

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ANCILLARY

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subordinate; providing assistance;

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ANECDOTE

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a. short account of a humorous or revealing incident;

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ANGST

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anxiety; fear; dread;

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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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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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ANOMALY

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an aberration; 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 after it;

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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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ANTHOLOGY

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collectiona collection especially of literary works;

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ANTHROPOMORPHIC

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ascrigbing human characteristics to nonhuman animals or objects;

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ANTIPATHY

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firm dislike; a dislike sympathy;

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ANTIPODAL

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situated on opposite sides of the earth; exactly opposite;

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ANTIQUITY

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ancientness; ancient times;

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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 repubic of south africa;

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APATHY

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lack of interest; lack of feeling;

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APERTURE

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chasman opening;

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APEX

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highest point;

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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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APOGEE

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the most distant point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite;

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APOPLEXY

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stroke that is numbness and paralysis resulting from the sudden loss of blood flow to the brain;

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APOSTASY

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treacherabandonment or rejection of faith or loyalty;

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APOTHEOSIS

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elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something;

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APPALLING

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appellate compellcausing horror or consternation;

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APPARITION

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a. ghost or ghostly object;

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APPEASE

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to soothe; to pacify by giving in to;

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APPELLATION

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a. name;

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APPENDAGE

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something added on to something else; a supplement;

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APPORTION

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allocation allotto distribute properionally; to divide into portions;

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APPOSITE

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apropos aptdistinctly suitable; pertinent;

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APPRAISE

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to estimate the value or quality of; to judge;

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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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APPRISE

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to give notice to; to inform;

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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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APPURTENANCE

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appendagesomething extra; an appendage; an accessory;

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APROPOS

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apposite aptappropriate; coming at the right time;

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APT

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apposite aproposappropriate; having a tendency to; likely;

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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 random; capricious;

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ARCADE

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a. passageway defined by a series of arches; a covered passageway with shops on either side; an area filed with coinoperated games;

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ARCANE

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mysterious mysterious; known only to a select few;

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ARCHAIC

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extremely old; ancient; outdated;

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ARCHETYPE

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an original model or pattern;

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ARCHIPELAGO

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a. large group of islands;

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ARCHIVES

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a. place where historical documents or materials are stored; the documents or materials themselves;

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ARDENT

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halfhearted passionate;

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ARDUOUS

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hard; difficult;

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ARID

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very dry; lacking life interest or imagination;

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ARISTOCRATIC

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of noble birth; snobbish;

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ARMAMENT

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implement of war; the process of arming for war;

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ARMISTICE

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truce;

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ARRAIGN

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to bring to court to answer an indictment; to accuse;

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ARRANT

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utter; unmitigated; very bad;

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ARREARS

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the state of being in debt; unpaid debts;

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ARSENAL

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a. collection of armaments; a facility for storing or producing armament; a supply of anything useful;

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ARTFUL

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crafty wily; sly;

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ARTICULATE

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to pronounce clearly; to express clearly;

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ARTIFICE

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a. clever trick; cunning;

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ARTISAN

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a. person skilled in a craft;

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ASCENDANCY

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supremacy; domination;

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ASCERTAIN

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to determine with certainty; to find out definitely;

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ASCETIC

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hermitlike; practicing selfdenial;

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ASCRIBE

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to credit to or assign; to attribute;

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ASKANCE

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with suspicion or disapproval;

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ASPERSION

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a. slanderous or damning remark;

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ASSAIL

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to attack vigorously;

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ASSERT

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to claim strongly; to affirm;

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ASSESS

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to evaluate; to estimate; to appraise;

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

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ASTRINGENT

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stringent contingentharsh; severe; withering;

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ASTUTE

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shrewd; keen in judgment;

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ASYLUM

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a. mental hospital or similar institution; refuge; a place of safety;

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ATONE

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amendto make amends;

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ATROPNY

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to wither away; to decline from disuse;

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ATTEST

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to give proof of; to declare to be true or correct; to give testimony;

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ATTRIBUTE

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to credit to or assign; to ascribe;

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ATTRITION

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gradual wearing away weakening or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers of 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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AUGUR

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to serve as an omen or be a sign; to predict or foretell;

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AUGUST

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inspiring admiration or awe;

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AUSPICES

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protection; support; sponsorship;

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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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AUXILIARY

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secondary; additional; giving assistance of aid;

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AVAIL

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to help; to be of use; to serve;

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AVANGGARDE

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the vanguard; members of a group especially of a literary or artistic one who are at the cutting edge of their field;

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AVARICE

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greed; excessive love of riches;

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AVERSION

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a. strong feeling of dislike;

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AVERT

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to turn away; to prevent;

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AVID

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avarice; arideager; enthusiastic;

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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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selfevident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying;