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abase
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To lower in position
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abbess
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The lady superior of a nunnery.
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abbey
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The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
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abbot
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The superior of a community of monks.
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abdicate
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To give up (royal power or the like).
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abed
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In bed; on a bed.
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abet
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To aid
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abeyance
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A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abhorrent
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Very repugnant; hateful.
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abidance
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An abiding.
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abject
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Sunk to a low condition.
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abjure
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To recant
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ablution
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A washing or cleansing
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abnegate
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To renounce (a right or privilege).
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aboriginal
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Primitive; unsophisticated.
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aborigines
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The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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aboveboard
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Without concealment
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abrade
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To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
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abrogate
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To abolish
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abscess
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A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abscission
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The act of cutting off
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abscond
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To depart suddenly and secretly
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absolution
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Forgiveness
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absolve
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To free from sin or its penalties.
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abstruse
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Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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abut
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To touch at the end or boundary line.
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abyss
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Bottomless gulf.
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academy
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Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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accede
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To agree.
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accession
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Induction or elevation
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acclaim
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To utter with a shout.
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accompaniment
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A subordinate part or parts
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accouter
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to dress.
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accredit
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To give credit or authority to.
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accumulate
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To become greater in quantity or number.
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accursed
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Doomed to evil
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acerbity
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Sourness
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acetate
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A salt of acetic acid.
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acetic
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Of or like vinegar or acetic acid.
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Achillean
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Invulnerable.
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achromatic
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Colorless
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acme
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The highest point
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acoustic
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Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
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acquaint
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To make familiar or conversant.
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acquiesce
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To comply; submit.
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acquiescence
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Passive consent.
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acquisition
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Anything gained
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acreage
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Quantity or extent of land
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actionable
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Affording cause for instituting an action
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actuary
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An officer
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actuate
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To move or incite to action.
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acumen
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Quickness of intellectual insight
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acute
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Having fine and penetrating discernment.
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adamant
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Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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addendum
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Something added
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addle
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To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
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adduce
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To bring forward or name for consideration.
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adjudge
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To award or bestow by formal decision.
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adjunct
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Something joined to or connected with another thing
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adjuration
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A vehement appeal.
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adjutant
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Auxiliary.
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admonish
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To warn of a fault.
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admonition
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Gentle reproof.
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ado
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unnecessary activity or ceremony.
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adulterate
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To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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adumbrate
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To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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advent
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The coming or arrival
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advert
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To refer incidentally.
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advisory
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Not mandatory.
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advocacy
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The act of pleading a cause.
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advocate
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One who pleads the cause of another
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aerial
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Of
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aeronaut
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One who navigates the air
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aerostat
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A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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aerostatics
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The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium
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affable
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Easy to approach.
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affect
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To act upon
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affectation
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A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
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affiliate
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Some auxiliary person or thing.
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affirmative
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Answering yes; to a question at issue.
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affluence
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A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
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affront
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An open insult or indignity.
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afire
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On fire
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afoot
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In progress.
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aforesaid
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Said in a preceding part or before.
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afresh
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Once more
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agglomerate
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To pile or heap together.
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aggrandize
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To cause to appear greatly.
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aggregate
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The entire number
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aggrieve
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To give grief or sorrow to.
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aghast
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Struck with terror and amazement.
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aide-de-camp
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An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
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akin
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Of similar nature or qualities.
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alacrity
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Cheerful willingness.
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albeit
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Even though.
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alchemy
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Chemistry of the middle ages
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alcove
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A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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alder
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Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus
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alderman
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A member of a municipal legislative body
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alienable
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Capable of being aliened or alienated
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