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Accommodate

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To provide with a place to live or to be stored in

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Abstract

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Existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object

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Accountant

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Someone who keeps or examines the records of money received, paid, and owed by a company or person

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Adequate/ly

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Enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose

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Altogether

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In total; completely; considering everything

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Annually

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Once every year

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Anticipate

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To imagine or expect that something will happen;

To take action in preparation for something that you think will happen

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Apology

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Act of saying sorry; excuse

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Applicant

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A person who formally requests something, especially a job, or to study at a college or university

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Appropriate

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Suitable or right for a particular situation or person

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Asset

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A useful or valuable quality, skill, or person; something valuable belonging to a person or organization that can be used for the payment of debts

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Awareness

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Knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information or experience

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Badge

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A distinctive emblem worn as a mark of office, membership, achievement, licensed employment, etc

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Barely

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By the smallest amount

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Bargain

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Something on sale at a lower price than its true value;
To try to make someone agree to give you something that is better for you, such as a better price or better working conditions

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Abolish

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To end an activity or custom officially

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Abundance

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The situation in which there is more than enough of something

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Abuse

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To use something for the wrong purpose in a way that is harmful or morally wrong

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Accordance

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Following or obeying a rule, law, wish, etc

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Accordingly

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In a way that is suitable or right for the situation

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Accountability

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The fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it, or the degree to which this happens

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Accountable

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Someone who is accountable is completely responsible for what they do and must be able to give a satisfactory reason for it

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Accounting

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The skill or activity of keeping records of the money a person or organization earns and spends

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Accumulate

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To collect a large number of things over a long period of time

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Accumulation
An amount of something that has been collected
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Acquisition
The process of getting something
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Acre
A unit for measuring area, equal to 4,047 square metres or 4,840 square yards
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Acute
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage An acute pain or illness is one that quickly becomes very severe
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Adhere
To stick firmly
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Administer
To control the operation or arrangement of something
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Administrative
Relating to the arrangements and work that is needed to control the operation of a plan or organization
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Admission
The act of agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly
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Adolescent
A young person who is developing into an adult
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Adverse
Having a negative or harmful effect on something
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Advocate
To publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something
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Aesthetic
Relating to the enjoyment or study of beauty
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Affection
A feeling of liking for a person or place
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Affordable
Not expensive
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Aftermath
The period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes
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Agricultural
Used for farming or relating to farming
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Creed
A set of beliefs that influences the way you live
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Aide
A person whose job is to help someone important, such As a member of a government or a military officer of high rank
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Align
To put things in an exact line or make them parallel
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Alignment
An arrangement in which two or more things are positioned in a straight line or parallel to each other
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Alike
In a similar way
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Allegation
A statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal
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Allege
To say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
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Alledgedly
Used when something illegal or wrong is said to have been done, but has not been proved
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Allowance, make allowance for someone
Money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing An amount of money that parents regularly give to their child to spend as they choose To make allowances for someone is to think about their characteristics and not judge them too severely
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Alongside
Next to or together with
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Ambassador
An important official who works in a foreign country representing his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country
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Amend, amendment
v: To change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document Make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date n: Same meaning as verb
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Anchor
Someone or something that gives support when needed, like a ship anchor
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Appealing
Attractive or interesting
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Applaud/Applause
Noun/verb
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Applicable
Affecting or relating to a person or thing | Relevant or appropriate
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Appoint
To choose someone officially for a job or responsibility | To arrange a date or time when a meeting or other event will happen
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Articulate
Able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly, or showing this quality To express in words, to pronounce To connect two bones by forming a joint
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Aside, put/set/lay/etc aside, aside from
On or to one side If you put/set aside money, you save it for a particular purpose If you leave or put a problem or request aside, you ignore it until you are able to solve it Except for
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Aspiration
Something that you hope to achieve
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Aspire
To want something very much or hope to achieve something or be successful
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Assemble
To come together in a single place or bring parts together in a single group To make something by joining separate parts
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Assembly
A group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of being together The process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure
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Assert
To behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others To say that something is certainly true To do something to show that you have power
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Assertion
A statement that you strongly believe is true
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Assign
To give a particular job or piece of work to someone To send someone somewhere to do a job To give property, money, or rights using a legal process
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Assurance
Promise, confidence
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Asylum
Protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war A hospital for people with mental illnesses
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Atrocity
An extremely cruel, violent, or shocking act | The fact of something being extremely cruel, violent, or shocking
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Attain
To reach or succeed in getting something
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Attendance, in attendance
The fact of going somewhere such as a church, school, etc. regularly The number of people who go to an event, meeting, etc. Present with someone and helping or taking care of them
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Attorney
A lawyer
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Audit
``` To make an official examination of the accounts of a business and produce a report To go to a class or educational course for pleasure or interest, without being tested or receiving a grade at the end ```
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Authentic
If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is
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Authorize
To give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something
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Await
The same as wait but transitive
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Backdrop
A large piece of cloth with buildings, countryside, etc. painted on it, hung at the back of a stage during a performance The view behind something Background
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Backing
Support, especially money, that someone gives to a person or plan Music, singing or dancing that supports the main tune, performer, etc. Something put on the back of something else in order to make it stronger or protect it
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Bail
n: An amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial. The payment is a way of making certain that the person will return to court for trial v: If someone accused of a crime is bailed, they are released until their trial after paying bail to the court
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Ballot
n: A system or occasion of secret voting A piece of paper on which you write your vote v: To organize a secret vote by a group of people in order to find out their views
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Bare
Without any clothes or not covered by anything Only the most basic or important If a cupboard or room is bare, there is nothing in it To take away the thing that is covering something so that it can be seen
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Bat
To open and close your eyes quickly several times, especially to attract attention or admiration
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Bay
(of dogs and wolves) to make a long, deep cry repeatedly | A brown horse
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Beam
To smile with obvious pleasure
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Beneficiary
A person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of something else A person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy.

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