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Abase

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V. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade

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Abbess

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N. The lady superior of a nunnery

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Abbey

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N. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns

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Abbot

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N. The superior of a community of monks

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Abdicate

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V. To give up (royal power or the like)

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Adbomen

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N. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly

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Abdominal

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n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen

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Abduction

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n. A carrying away of a person against his/her will, or illegally.

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Abed

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adv. in bed; on a bed

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Aberration

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n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course

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Abet

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v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense)

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Abeyance

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n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction

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Abhorrence

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n. The act of detesting extremely

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abhorrent

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adj. Very repugnant; hateful

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Abidance

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n. An abiding

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Abject

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adj. Sunk to a low condition

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Abjure

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v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath

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Able-bodied

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adj. Competent for physical service

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Ablution

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n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body

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Abnegate

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v. To renounce (a right or privilege)

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Abnormal

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adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard

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Abominable

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adj. Very hateful

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Abominate

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v. To hate violently

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Abomination

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n. A very detestable act or practice

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Aboriginal

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adj. Primitive; Unsophisticated

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Aborigines

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n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country

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Aboveboard

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adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery

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Abrade

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v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction

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Abrasion

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n. That which is rubbed off

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Abridge

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v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.

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Abridgment

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n. A condensed form as of a book or play

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Abrogate

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v. To abolish, repeal

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Abrupt

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adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break

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Abscess

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n. A collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body

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Abscission

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n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation

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Abscond

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v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest

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Absence

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n. The fact of not being present or availble

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Absent-minded

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adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business

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Absolution

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n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses

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Absolve

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v. To free from sin or its penalties

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Absorb

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v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water

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Absorption

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n. The act or process of absorbing

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Absorb

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v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water

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Abstain

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v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something)

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Abstemious

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adj. Characterized by self-denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food

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Abstinence

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n. Self denial

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Abstruse

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adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood

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Absurd

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adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense

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Abundant

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adj. Plentiful

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Abusive

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adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment

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Abut

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v. To touch at the end or boundary line

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Abyss

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n. Bottomless gulf

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Academic

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adj. Or or pertaining to an academy, college, or university

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Academician

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n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science

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Academy

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n. Any institution where the higher branches or learning are taught

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Accede

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v. To agree

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Accelerate

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v. To move faster

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Accept

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v. To take when offered

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Access

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n. A way of approach or entrance; passage

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Accessible

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adj. Approachable

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Accession

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n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government

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Accessory

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n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent

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Acclaim

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v. To utter with a shout

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Accommodate

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v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor

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Accompaniment

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n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part

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Accompanist

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n. One who or that which accompanies

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Accompany

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v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion

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Accomplice

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n. An associate in wrong-doing

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Accomplish

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v. To bring to pass

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Accordian

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n. A portable free-reed musical instrument

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Accost

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v. To speak to

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Account

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n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions

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Accouter

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v. To dress

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Accredite

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v. To give credit or authority to

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Accumulate

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v. To become greater in quantity or number

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Accuracy

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n. Exactness

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Accurate

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adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard

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Accursed

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adj. Doomed to evil, misery or misfortune

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Accusation

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n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error

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Accusartory

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adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation

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Accuse

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v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error

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Accustom

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v. To make familiar by use

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Acerbity

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n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency

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Acetate

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n. A salt of acetic acid

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Acetic

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adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar

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Ache

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v. To be in pain or distress

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Achilean

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adj. Invulnerable

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Achromatic

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adj. Colorless

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Acid

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n. A sour substance

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Acidify

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v. To change into acid

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Acknowledge

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v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of

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Acknowledgment

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n. Recognition

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Acme

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n. The highest point, or summit

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Acoustic

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adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing

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Acquaint

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v. To make familiar or conversant

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Acquiesce

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v. To comply; submit

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Acquiescence

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n. Passive consent

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Acquire

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v. To get as one’s own

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Acquisition

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n. Anything gained, or made one’s own, usually by effort or labor

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Acquit

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v. To free or clear, as from accusationAc

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Acquittal

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n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action

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Acquittance

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n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility

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Acreage

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n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land

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Acrid

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adj. Harshly pungent or bitter

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Acrimonious

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adj. Full of bitterness

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Acrimony

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n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper

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Actionable

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adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words

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Actuality

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n. Any reality

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Actuary

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n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates, and states the risks and premiums

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Actuate

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v. To move or incite to action

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Acumen

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n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination

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Acute

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adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment

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Adamant

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n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability

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Addendum

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n. Something added, or to be added

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Addle

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v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle

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Adduce

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v. To bring forward or name for consideration

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Adhere

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v. To stick fast or together

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Adherence

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n. Attachment

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Adherent

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adj. Clinging or sticking fast

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Adhesion

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n. The state of being attached or joined

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Adieu

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inter. Goodbye; Farewell

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Adjacency

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n. The state or being adjacent

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Adjacent

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n. That which is near or bordering upon

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Adjudge

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v. To award or bestow by formal decision

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Adjunct

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n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place

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Adjuration

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n. A vehement appeal

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Adjutant

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adj. Auxiliary

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Administrator

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n. One who manages affairs of any kind

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Admissible

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adj. Having the right or privilege of entry

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Admittance

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n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter

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Admonish

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v. To warn of a fault

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Admonition

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n. Gentle reproof

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Ado

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n. Unnecessary activity or ceremony

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Adoration

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n. Profound devotion

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Adroit

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adj. Having skill in the use of bodily or mental powers

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Adulterant

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n. An adulterating substance

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Adulterate

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v. To make impure by the admixture of other or based ingredients

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Adumberate

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v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem

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Advent

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n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage

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Adverse

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adj. Opposing or opposed

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Adversity

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n. Misfortune

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Advert

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v. To refer incidentally

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Advertiser

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n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers

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Advisory

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adj. Not mandatory

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Advocacy

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n. The act of pleading a cause

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Advocate

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n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court

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Aerial

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adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air

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Aeronaut

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n. One who navigates the air, or balloonist

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Aeronautics

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n. The art of practice of flying aircraft

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Aerostat

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n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air

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Aerostatics

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n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties

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Affable

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adj. Easy to approach

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Affect

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v. To act upon

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Affectation

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n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt

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Affiliate

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n. Some auxiliary person or thing

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Affirmative

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adj. Answering yes, to a question or issue

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Affix

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v. To fasten

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Affluence

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n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches

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Affront

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n. An open insult or indignity

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Afire

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adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively

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Afoot

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adv. In progress

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Aforesaid

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adj. Said in a preceding part or before

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Afresh

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adv. Once more, after rest or interval

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Afterthought

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n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time

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Agglomerate

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v. To pile or heap together

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Aggrandize

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v. To cause to appear greatly

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Aggravate

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v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome

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Aggravation

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n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime, offense, misfortune, etc…

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Aggregate

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n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something

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Aggress

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v. To make the first attack

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Aggression

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n. An unprovoked attack

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Aggrieve

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v. To give grief or sorrow to

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Aghast

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adj. Struck with terror and amazement

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Agile

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adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally

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Agitate

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v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts)

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Agrarian

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adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land

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Aide-de-camp

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n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general

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Ailment

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n. Slight sickness

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Airy

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adj. Delicate, ethereal

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Akin

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adj. Of similar nature or qualifies

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Alabaster

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n. A while or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum

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Alacrity

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n. Cheerful willingness

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Albeit

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conj. Even though

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Albino

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n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris

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Album

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n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like

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Alchemy

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n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold

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Alcohol

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n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste

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Alchoholism

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n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages

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Alcove

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n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room

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Alder

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n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family

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Alderman

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n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions

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Aldermanship

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n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman

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Alias

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n. An assumed name

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Alien

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n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government

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Alienable

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adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands

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Alienate

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v. To cause to turn away

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Alienation

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n. Estrangement

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Aliment

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n. That which nourishes

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Alkali

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n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc…

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Allay

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v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of, mitigate

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Allege

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v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court

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Allegory

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n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness

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Alleviate

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v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear

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Alley

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n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like

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Alliance

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n. Any combination or union for some common purpose

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Allot

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v. to assign a definite thing or part to a certain person

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Allotment

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n. Portion

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Allude

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v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion

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Allusion

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n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it

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Alluvion

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n. Flood

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Ally

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n. A person or thing connection with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness

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Almanac

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n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information

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Aloof

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adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others

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Alter

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n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned

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Alteration

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n. Change or modification

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Altercate

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v. To contented angrily or zealously in words

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Alternate

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n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other

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Alternative

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n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else

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Altitude

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n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the seA

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Altto

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n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part

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Altruism

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n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest

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Altruist

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n. One who advocates or practices altruism

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Amalgam

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n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal

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Amalgamate

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v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body

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Amateur

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adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession

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Amatory

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adj. Designed to excite love

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Ambidextrous

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adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease

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Ambiguous

A

adj. Having a double meaning

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Ambitious

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adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring

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Ambrosial

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adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious

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Ambulance

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n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded

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Ambulate

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v. To walk about

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Ambush

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n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy

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Ameliorate

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v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship

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Amenable

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adj. Willing and ready to submit

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Americanism

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n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States

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Amicable

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adj. Done in a friendly spirit

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Amity

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n. Friendship

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Amorous

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adj. Having a propensity for falling in love

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Amorphous

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adj. Without determinate shape

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Amour

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n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature

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Ampere

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n. The practical unit of electric-current strength

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Ampersand

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n. The character &; and

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Amphibious

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adj. Living both on land and in water

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Amphitheater

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n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena

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Amplitude

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n. Largeness

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Amply

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adv. Sufficiently

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Amputate

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v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body

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Amusement

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n. Diversion

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Anachronism

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n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time

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Anagram

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n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase

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Analogous

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adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations

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Analogy

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n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed

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Analyst

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n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method

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Analyze

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v. To examine minutely or critically

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Anarchy

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n. Absence or utter disregard of government

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Anathema

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n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage

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Anatomy

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n. That branch or morphology which treats of the structure of organisms

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Ancestry

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n. One’s ancestors collectively

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Anecdote

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n. A brief account of some interesting even or incident

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Anemia

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n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles

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Anemic

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adj. Affected with anemia

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Anemometer

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n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind

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Anesthetic

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adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation

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Anew

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adv. Once more

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Angelic

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adj. Saintly

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Anglophobia

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n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English

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Anglo-Saxon

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n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India

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Angular

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adj. Sharp-cornered

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Anhydrous

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adj. Withered

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Animadversion

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n. The utterance of criticism or censure

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Animadvert

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v. To pass criticism or censure

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Animalcule

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n. An animal of microscopic smallness

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Animate

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v. To make alive

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Animosity

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n. Hatred

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Annalist

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n. Historian

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Annals

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n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year

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Annex

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v. To add or affix at the end

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Annihilate

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v. To destroy absolutely

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Annotate

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v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon

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Annual

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adj. Occurring every year

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Annuity

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n. An annual allowance, payment, or income

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Annunciation

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n. Proclamation

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Anode

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n. The point where a path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like

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Anonymous

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adj. Of unknown authorship

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Antagonism

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n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principals, or persons

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Antarctic

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adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it

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Ante

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v. In the game of poke, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt

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Antecede

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v. To precede

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Antecedent

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n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality

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Antechamber

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n. A waiting room for those who seek audience

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Antedate

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v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one

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Antediluvian

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adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah

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Antermeridian

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adj. Before noon

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Antemundane

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adj. Pertaining to time before the world’s creation

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Antenatal

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adj. Occurring or existing before birth

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Anterior

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adj. Prior

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Anteroom

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n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger

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Antic

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n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic ation

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Antichrist

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n. Any opponent of Christ, whether a person or a power

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Anticlimax

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n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said

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Anticyclone

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n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward

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Antidote

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n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like

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Antilogy

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n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas

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Antipathize

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v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike

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Antiphon

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n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical

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Antiphony

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n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively

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Antipodes

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n. A place or region on the opposite of the Earth

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Antiquary

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n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc…

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Antiquate

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v. To make old or out of date

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Antique

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adj. Pertaining to ancient times

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Antiseptic

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n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive microorganisms

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Antislavery

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adj. Opposed to human slavery

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Antispasmodic

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adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections

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Antistrophe

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n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in “the home of joy” and “the joy of home”

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Antitoxin

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n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms

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Antonym

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n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning

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Anxious

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adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter

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Apathy

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n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling

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Aperture

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n. Hole

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Apex

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n. The highest point, as of a mountain

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Aphorism

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n. Proverb

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Apiary

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n. A place where bees are kept

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Apogee

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n. The climax

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Apology

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n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense

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Apostasy

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n. A total departure from one’s faith or religion

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Apostate

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adj. False

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Apostle

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n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority

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Apothecary

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n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions

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Apotheosis

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n. Deification

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Appall

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v. To fill with dismay or horror

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Apparent

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adj. Easily understood

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Apparition

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n. Ghost

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Appease

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v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation

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Appellate

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adj. Capable of being appealed to

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Appellation

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n. The name or title by which a particularly person, class, or thing is called

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Append

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v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary

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Appertain

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v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation

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Apposite

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adj. Appropriate

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Apoosition

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n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact

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Appraise

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v. To estimate the money value of

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Appreciable

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adj. Capable or being discerned by the sense or intellect

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Apprehend

A

v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law

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Apprehensible

A

adj. Capable of being conceived

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Approbation

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n. Sanction

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Appropriate

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adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances

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Aqueduct

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n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance

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Aqueous

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adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water

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Arbiter

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n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters

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Arbitrary

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adj. Fixed or done capriciously

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Arbitrate

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v. To act or give judgment as umpire

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Arbor

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n. A tree

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Arboreal

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adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees

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Arborescent

A

adj. Having the nature of a tree

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Arboretum

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n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs

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Arboriculture

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n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs

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Arcade

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n. A vaulted passageway or street, or roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it

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Archaic

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adj. Antiquated

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Archaism

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n. Obsolescence

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Archangel

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n. An angel of high rank

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Archbishop

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n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church

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Archetype

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n. A prototype

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Archaeology

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n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man

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Archdeacon

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n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese

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Archipelago

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n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves

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Ardent

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adj. Burning with passion

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Ardor

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n. Intensity of passion or affection

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Arid

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adj. Very dry

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Aristocracy

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n. A hereditary nobility

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Aristocrat

A

n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility

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Armada

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n. A fleet off war-vessels

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Armful

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n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms

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Armory

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n. An arsenal

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Aroma

A

n. An agreeable odor

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Arraign

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v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not

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Arrange

A

v. To put in definite or proper order

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Arrangement

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n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order

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Arrant

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adj. Notoriously bad

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Arrear

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n. Something overdue and unpaid

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Arrival

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n. A coming to stopping-place or destination

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Arrogant

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adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc..

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Arrogate

A

v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds

383
Q

Artesian Well

A

n. A very deep bored well. Water rises due to underground pressure

384
Q

Artful

A

adj. Characterized by craft or cunning

385
Q

Arthurian

A

adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story

386
Q

Artifice

A

n. Trickery

387
Q

Artless

A

adj. Ingenuous

388
Q

Ascendant

A

adj. Dominant

389
Q

Ascension

A

n. The act of rising

390
Q

Ascent

A

n. A rising, soaring, or climbing

391
Q

Ascetic

A

adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion

392
Q

Ascribe

A

v. To assign as a quality or attribute

393
Q

Asexual

A

adj. Having no distinct sexual organs

394
Q

Ashen

A

adj. Pale

395
Q

Askance

A

adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning

396
Q

Asperity

A

n. Harshness or roughness of temper

397
Q

Aspirant

A

n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place

398
Q

Aspiration

A

n. An earnest wish for that which is above one’s present reach

399
Q

Aspire

A

v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained

400
Q

Assailant

A

n. One who attacks

401
Q

Assassin

A

n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly

402
Q

Assassinate

A

v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person

403
Q

Assassination

A

n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery

404
Q

Assay

A

n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore

405
Q

Assent

A

v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion

406
Q

Assess

A

v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid)

407
Q

Assessor

A

n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes

408
Q

Assets

A

n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts

409
Q

Assiduous

A

adj. Diligent

410
Q

Assignee

A

n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests

411
Q

Assimilte

A

v. To adapt

412
Q

Assonance

A

n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound

413
Q

Assonant

A

adj. Having resemblance of sound

414
Q

Assonate

A

v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound

415
Q

Assuage

A

v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease

416
Q

Astringent

A

adj. Harsh in disposition or character

417
Q

Astute

A

adj. Keen in discernment

418
Q

Atheism

A

n. The denial of the existence of God

419
Q

Athirst

A

adj. Wanting water

420
Q

Athwart

A

adv. From side to side

421
Q

Atomizer

A

n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc..

422
Q

Atone

A

v. To make amends for

423
Q

Atonement

A

n. Amends; reparations, or expiation made from wrong or injury

424
Q

Atrocious

A

adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel

425
Q

Atrocity

A

n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness

426
Q

Attache

A

n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy

427
Q

Attest

A

v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true

428
Q

Attorney-general

A

n. The chief law officer of a government

429
Q

Auburn

A

adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of hair

430
Q

Audacious

A

adj. Fearless

431
Q

Audible

A

adj. Loud enough to be heard

432
Q

Audition

A

n. The act or sensation of hearing

433
Q

Auditory

A

adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing

434
Q

Augment

A

v. To make bigger

435
Q

Audition

A

n. The act or sensation of hearing

436
Q

Augor

A

v. To predict

437
Q

Augustinian

A

adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him

438
Q

Aura

A

n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

439
Q

Aural

A

adj. Of or pertaining to the ear

440
Q

Auricle

A

n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins

441
Q

Auricular

A

adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing

442
Q

Auriferous

A

adj. Containing gold

443
Q

Aurora

A

n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere

444
Q

Auspice

A

n. Favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance

445
Q

Austere

A

adj. Severely simple; unadorned

446
Q

Autarchy

A

n. Unrestricted power

447
Q

Authentic

A

adj. Of undisputed origin

448
Q

Authenticity

A

n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed

449
Q

Autobiography

A

n. The story of one’s life written by himself

450
Q

Autocracy

A

n. Absolute government

451
Q

Autocrat

A

n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence

452
Q

Automaton

A

n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical

453
Q

Autonomous

A

adj. Self-governing

454
Q

Autonomy

A

n. Self-government

455
Q

Autopsy

A

n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death

456
Q

Autumnal

A

adj. Of or pertaining to autumn

457
Q

Auxiliary

A

n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory

458
Q

Avalanche

A

n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock

459
Q

Avarice

A

n. Passion for getting and keeping riches

460
Q

Aver

A

v. To assert as a fact

461
Q

Averse

A

adj. Reluctant

462
Q

Aversion

A

n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing

463
Q

Avert

A

v. To turn away or aside

464
Q

Aviary

A

n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept

465
Q

Avidity

A

n. Greedness

466
Q

Avocation

A

n. Diversion

467
Q

Awaken

A

v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like

468
Q

Awry

A

adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position

469
Q

Aye

A

adv. An expression of assent

470
Q

Azalea

A

n. A flowering shrub

471
Q

Avow

A

v. To declare openly

English Vocab (9 decks)

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