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aberrant
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deviating from proper course
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abate
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to reduce in amount
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abstruce
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diffucult to understand
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acerbic
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sour or bitter
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adhere
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to carry out a plan
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adorning
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to decorate
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adroit
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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advocate
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to speak. argue in favor of
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aeon
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indefinitely long period of time
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affability
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sociability
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affectation
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artificiality. unnatural behavior
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agrarianism
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movement for equitable distribution of land
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amalgam
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mixture
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amalgamate
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to unite
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ameliorate
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to make better
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amenable
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responsive to advice. tractable
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animus
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feeling if animosity. ill will
dislike
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anomalies
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deviation from the normal rule
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apathy
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indifference
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antiseptic
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preventing infection by inhibiting the growth
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antipathy
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strong feeling of repulsion
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aplomb
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self confident assurance
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apoplectic
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extremely angry
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appalled
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to fill with dismay
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apprehensive
anxious and fearful
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approbation
praise. warm approval
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appropriate
to set apart
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apropos
at an appropriate time
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apt
appropriate
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arcane
known by only a few
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ardent
passionate
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arduous
difficult
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arrest
to stop
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artifice
artful expedient
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askari
soldier. policeman
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assiduity
persistent application. dilligence
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atavism
reversion to an earlier time
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atonality
lack of tonality
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atypical
unusual
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auta
intangible quality that surround a person
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auspicious
attended by favorable circumstances. propituius
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austere
somber and grave
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authenticity
being trustworthy
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automaton
self operating machine. robot
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Avant-garde
group active in application of nee techniques
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avarice
desire for wealth. greed
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banality
something trie, obvious, predictable. commonplace
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bane
cause of death, destruction
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beguile
to deceive by guile. (influence by trickery)
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belligerent
eager to fight. aggrssive
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bipartisan
supported by two political parties
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blandishment
phrase used to coax by flattery
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bog
wetland
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bolster
to support
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bombastic
pompous speech or writing
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boon
benefit bestowed (smthg to be thanked for)
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bowdlerize
to modify by shortening
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braggart
bragger
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brash
hasty and unthinking
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brevity
being brief in duration
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brusque
abrupt and curt in manner or speech
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capricious
impulsive and unpredictable
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carnivalesque
like merrymaking or a festival
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carp
to complain. find fault in a disagreeable way
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caustic
corrosive. causing a burning sensation as from intense emotion
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cavalier
gallant or chivalrous man esp. serving as escort to a woman or high position
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celerity
speed. swiftness of action
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assuage
to satisfy or appease
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astute
having shrewdness and discernment esp. with respect to one's own concerns
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authoritative
highly reliable. of acknowledged accuracy
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autonomy
independence
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baleful
portending evil. ominous
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beneficiary
recipient of funds or other benefits
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bequeathed
to pass on to another. to hand down
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abhorrence
a feeling of repugnance
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abrupt
unexpectedly sudden
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abstemious
sparingly used. restricted to bare necessities
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abundance
great or plentiful amount
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acclaim
to praise enthusiastically
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acolyte
devoted follower
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acquaintance
knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship
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acrimonious
butter and sharp in language or tone
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acumen
quickness, accuracy, keenness of judgement
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adamant
stubbornly unyielding. impervious to appeals or reason.
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aesthetic
artistically beautiful to pleasing appearance
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agitate
to upset. disturb.
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allusion
instance if indirect reference
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aloof
distant physically or emotionally
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altruistic
unselfish concern for others. selflessness
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ambiguous
open to more than one interpretation
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ambivalence
coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings
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anachronistic
one thats out if its proper or chronological order
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anecdote
short account of an interesting incident
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anonymous
having an unknown authorship
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antagonize
to incur the dislike of
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aantecedent
one that precedes another
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antediluvian
extremely old and antiquated
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antithesis
direct contrast. opposition
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archaic
relating to characteristic of a much earlier period
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articulate
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
