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abate

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to lessen

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aberration

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something that differs from the norm

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abject

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miserable; pitiful

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abjure

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to reject; abandon formally

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abnegation

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self-denial

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abrogate

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cancel; deny; repeal

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abscond

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to run off and hide

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abstract

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difficult to understand

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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abysmal

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extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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accede

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to agree

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accost

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to approach and speak to

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accretion

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growth in size or increase in amount

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acquisition

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obtaining something

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acumen

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keen insight; shrewdness

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adept

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(adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert

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admonish

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to warn

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adumbrate

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to sketch out in a vague way

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advent

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(n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view

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adversarial

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involving or characterized by conflict or opposition

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adverse

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unfavorable

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coincide

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to happen at the same time

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commensurate

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equal; proportionate

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commission

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authorization; act of giving authority to an individual

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competent

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capable; qualified

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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complement

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something that completes or makes perfect

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compunction

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remorse, regret

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concede

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to admit

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conceive

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to come up with, imagine