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Abdicate

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Give up

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Abase

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Lower, humiliate

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Abet

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Aid, encourage

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Abeyance

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Suspended action

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Abjure

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Renounce upon oath

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Ablution

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Washing

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Abnegation

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Self sacrifice

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Abortive

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Unsuccessful

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Abrogate

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Abolish

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Abscond

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Depart secretly and hide

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Absolve

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Pardon an offense

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Abut

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Border upon

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Abysmal

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Bottomless

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Accede

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Agree

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Acclivity

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Sharp upslope of a hill

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Accommodate

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Help someone

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Accord

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Agreement

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Accost

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Approach and speak to a person

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Accoutre

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Equip

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Accretion

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Growth, increase

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Accrue

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Come about by addition

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Acerbity

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Bitterness of speech and temper

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Acidulous

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Slightly sour, sharp, caustic

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Actuarial

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Calculating

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Actuate

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Motivate

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Acuity

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Sharpness

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Acumen

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Mental keenness

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Adamant

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Hard, inflexible

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Addle

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Muddle, drive crazy

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Adjunct

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Something added on or attached

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Adulterate

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Make impure by adding inferior substances

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Advent

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Arrival

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Adventitious

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Accidental

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Adversity

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Poverty, misfortune

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Aerie

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Nest of a large bird of prey

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Affidavit

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Written statement made under oath

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Affinity

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Kinship

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Affluence

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Abundance, wealth

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Aggrandize

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Increase or intensify

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Aggregate

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Gather

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Agrarian

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Pertaining to land or its cultivation

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness

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Alimentary

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Supplying nourishment

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Alimony

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Payment by a husband to his divorced wife

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Allege

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State without proof

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Alliteration

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Repetition of beginning sound

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Alloy

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Mixture

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Altercation

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Noisy quarrel

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Amalgamate

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Combine

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Amass

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Collect

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Ambience

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Environment

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Ambulatory

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Able to walk

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Amenable

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Willing to be led

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Amenities

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Convenient features

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Amity

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Friendship

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Amnesty

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Pardon

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Amoral

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Nonmoral

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Amorous

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Moved by sexual love

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Analogous

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Comparable

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Anathema

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Solemn curse

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Animosity

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Active enmity

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Animus

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Hostile feeling

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Annals

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Records, history

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Annex

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Take possession of

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Annuity

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Yearly allowance

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Antediluvian

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Extremely ancient

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Anthology

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Book of literary selections by various authors

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Anthropocentric

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Regarding human beings as the center of the universe

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Anthropoid

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Manlike

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Anthropologist

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Student of history and science of mankind

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Anthropomorphic

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Having human form or characteristics

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Antipathy

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Dislike

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Aperture

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Opening

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Aphasia

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Loss or speech due to injury or illness

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Aphorism

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Pithy maxim

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Apiary

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Place where bees are kept

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Aplomb

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Poise, assurance

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Apologist

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One who writes in defense of a cause

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Apotheosis

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Elevation to god hood

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Apparatus

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Equipment

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Appellation

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Name, title

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Append

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Attach

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Application

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Diligent attention

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Apposite

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Appropriate

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Apprehend

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Arrest, dread, perceive

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Apprise

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Inform

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Appropriate

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Acquire

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Apropos

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Regarding

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Aptitude

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Fitness, talent

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Aquiline

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Curved, hooked

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Arbitrary

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Capricious

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Arbitrator

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Judge

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Arboretum

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Place where different tree varieties are exhibited

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Arcade

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Covered passageway

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Archaeology

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Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

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Aria

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Operatic solo

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Aristocracy

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Privileged class

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Arraign

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Indict

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Array

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Clothe, adorn

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Arrears

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Stop or slow down

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Arroyo

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Gully

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Artifice

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Deception

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Artless

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Open and honest

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Ascendancy

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Domination

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Ascertain

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Find out for certain

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Ascribe

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Assign

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Ashen

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Ash-colored

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Asinine

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Stupid

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Aseptic

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Preventing infection

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Askance

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With a sideways look

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Asperity

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Sharpness of temper

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Assay

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Analyze

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Assimilate

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Absorb

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Assurance

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Promise or pledge

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Astigmatism

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Eye defect that prevents proper focus

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