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Abdicate

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To give up power

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Accese

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Agree to a demand

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Adjunct

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Something added, attached, or joined (not important part)

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Acclaim

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Applaud; announce with great approval

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Accentuate

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Highlight

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Accrue

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Increase amount over time

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Acquite

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To find NOT guilty of a fault or crime

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Advent

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Arrival

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Acquisitive

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Able to retain idea (business); concerned with acquiring wealth or property

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Adage

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A proverb, wise saying

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Advocate

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To support

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Affliction

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Something that cause pain or suffering

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Aftermath

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A BIG negative consequence or result

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Alienate

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To turn away feeling or affections

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Angst

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Anxiety (used with teenager)

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Appalling

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Inspiring shock

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Aghast

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Horrified

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Allegiance

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Loyalty

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Allegory

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to teveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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Ancillary

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Helping, providing assistance

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Arid

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Very dry

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Avert

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To turn away or aside

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Altercation

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An angry argument

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Attribute

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Credit with, to regard as cause by or resulting from

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Ascribe

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To assign or refer to

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Allot

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To assign/ share