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to embarrass, to humble, to humiliate
-The bully abased the younger students. -The student was abased when he went to give a speech and kept stuttering. -The child felt abased when his baby memories came into the conversation. |
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abhor
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to hate
-The kid abhored his little sister who always cried. |
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Abrogate
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To do away with. To eliminate or dispose of
Hitler had a plan to abrogate all Jews The world would be much better if we could abrogate all the pollution. The cafateria decided to abrogate the bread that wasn't healthy. |
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acolyte
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1.an altar attendant in public worship.
2.A devoted follower or attendant. The acolyte spent his time praying. The young boy who was always observed praying was going to be a acolyte when he grew up. |
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acquiese
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To give in to comply silently
The student reused to give up his pen, but after looking at the size of thte bully, he aquiessed. Although i wanted to play outside, i aquiessed, and did my work. |
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acumen
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keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
He was very acumen when it came to dealing with bullies. |
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adulterate
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1. to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article): to adulterate food.
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aggrandize
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1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor. 3. to make (something) appear greater. John D. Rockefeller worked to aggrandize his empire by purchasing oil wells, refineries, and pipelines. |
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ambigous
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not clear; vague
The main storyline was ambigous because there were to many side plots. The poorly written math problem had an ambigous meaning. |
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ameliorate
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to make things better
While trying to ameliorate the situation, the servant started a fire. In order to ameliorate my boredom, we have to do something very fun. |
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anomaly
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something out of the normal
The plastic spoon in a showcase full af valuble china. The simpletoon in the pre-ap class. |
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antipodal
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things that are the opposites
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anthithesis
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an opposite point; a contradictory opinion
when the debater made an anthisesis to his own statement, he was branded as a ficle person. |
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apathy
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indifference
the apathetic person rufused to vote or do jury trial. |
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apparaiton
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a ghost
the apparation that showed itself to me every day became my friend. while Sam claimed to have seen an apperation we all knew it was just a reflection. |
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arbitrary
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someone who makes unexplainable choices.
the arbitrary made a whole speech against the legislation, but then in the end he voted for it. |
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aboreal
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pertaining to trees
the description of the donation was vague because all it said was that this would be an aboreal donation. |
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arcane
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something secret or mysterious
the arcane house was decripit and rundown. |
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ascetic
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someone who leads a simple modest life
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asinine
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silly stupid dumb
the most asinine feature of the special ed students is how they randomly yell. |
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assiduous
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working very hard
He was a very assiduous worker, he didn't stop until all the work was finished. |
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audacious
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very bold or daring; fearless
the young girls dreams were to be a rock star were quenched when her mom told her she had to be audaciuous. |
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august
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grand
the august home was able to withstand the earthquake. |
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auspicious
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favorable
in hinduism, there are many auspicious days on which it is good to marry. |
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austere
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very strict
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