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Admonish

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To warn, to caution

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Adjunct

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Subordiante; an assistant adjective

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Advocate

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To recomment; to speak in favor of

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Affiliate

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An associate, partner

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Affliction

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Anything causing great suffering

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Aghast

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Feeling great dismay or horror

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Alacrity

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Liveliness
Willingness
Eagerness

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Alienate

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To make others unfriendly toward you

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Allude

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To hint at, to refer to indirectly

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Aloof

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Reserved, distant

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Amalgamate

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Combine

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Ambidextrous

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Equally skillful with either hand

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of its proper time

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Animate

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To give life or motion

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Anthropomorphic

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Attributing to human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals or gods

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Antiquated

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No longer ised or useful; very old

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Aphorism

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Concise statement of truth or principle

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Aplomb

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Self confidence

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Bandy

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Toss back and forth

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Bane

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The cause if ruin, harm or distress, death