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Amenities
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Convenient Features
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Amiable
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Agreeable, Loveable
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Amicable
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Politically friendly, not quarrelsome
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Amiss
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Wrong, Faulty
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Amity
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Friendship
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Amnesia
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Loss of memory
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Amnesty
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Pardon
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Amoral
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Nonmoral
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Amorous
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Moved by sexual love
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Amorphous
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Formless, Lacking shape
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Amphibian
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Able to live in both water and land
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Amphitheater
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Oval building with tiers of seats
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Ample
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Abundant
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Amplify
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Broaden of clarify by expanding
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Amputate
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Cut of part of a body, prune
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Amulet
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Charm, Talisman
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Anachronistic
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Having an error involving time in a story
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Analgesic
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Causing insensitivity to painq
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Analogous
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Comparable
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Analogy
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Parallelism
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Anarchist
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Person who seeks to overturn the established government
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Anarchy
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absence of a governing body
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Anathema
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Solemn Curse, Something regarded as a curse
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Ancestry
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Family Descent
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Anchor
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Secure or firmly fasten
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Ancillary
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Serving as an aid or accessory, auxiliary
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Anecdote
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sHORT STORY
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Anemia
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A condition in which the blood lacks red corpuscles
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Anesthetic
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Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of conciousness
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Anguish
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Acute Pain, Extreme Suffering
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Angular
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Sharp Cornered, Stiff in Manner
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Animated
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Lively, spirited
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Animosity
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Active Enimity
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Animus
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Hostilke Feeling or intent
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Annals
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Records or history
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Annex
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Attach, take possession of
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Annihilate
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Destroy
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Annotate
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Comment, Make explanatory notes
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Annuity
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Yearly Allowance
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Annul
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Make Void
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Anoint
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Consecrate
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Anomalous
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Abnormal, Irregular
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Anomaly
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Irregularity
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Anonymity
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State of being nameless
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Anonymous
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Having no name
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Antagonism
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Hostility, active resistance
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Antecede
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Precede
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Antecedents
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Preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later
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Antediluvian
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Ancient
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Anthem
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A song of praise
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Anthology
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A book of literary selections by various authors
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Anthropocentric
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Regarding human beings as the center of the universe
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Anthropoid
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Manlike
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Anthropologist
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A student of the history and science of mankind
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Anthropomorphic
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Having human form or characteristics
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Anticlimax
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Letdown in thought or emotion
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Antidote
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Medicine to counterace a poison or disease
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Antipathy
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Aversion, Dislike
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Antiquated
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Old-fashioned, Obsolete
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Antiseptic
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Substance that prevents infection
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Antithesis
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Contrast, Direct opposite or
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Apathy
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Lack of caring
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Ape
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Immitate or mimic
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Aperture
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Opening, hole
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Apex
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Tip, Summit, Climax
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Aphasia
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Loss of speech due to injury or illness
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Aphorism
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Pithy Maxim, More scientific Adage
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Apiary
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Place where bees are kept
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Aplomb
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Poise, Assurance
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Apocalyptic
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Prophetic
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Apocryphal
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Untrue, Made up
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Apogee
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Highest Point
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Apolitical
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Having an aversion or lack of caring for political affairs
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Apologist
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One who writes in defense of a cause or institution
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Apostate
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One who abandons his religous faith or political beliefs
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