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abash

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to make ashamed, to embarrass

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abate

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to reduce , to subside

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abdicate

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to step down from a position of power of responsibility

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abberation

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deviate from the standard

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abhor

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to hate very

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abject

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hopeless

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abnegate

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to reject, to deny oneself thing

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abortive

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unsuccessful

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abridge

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to shorten, to condense

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absolute

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total, perfect

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absolve

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to forgive or free from blame

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abstinent

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abstaining; voluntarily not doing something

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abstract

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theoretical, impersonal

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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absymal

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extremely hopeless

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accolade

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an award; an honor

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accost

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to approach and speak to someone

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acerbic

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bitter; sour ; severe

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acrid

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harsh; like acid

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acrimonious

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full of spite; bitter; nasty

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acumen

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mental sharpness

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acute

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sharp

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adamant

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stubborn; completely inflexible

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address

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to speak to; to direct ones attention to

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adherent

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follower ; supporter; believer

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admonish

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to warn ; to scold gently

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adroit

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skillful

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adulation

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wild or excessive admiration; flattery

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adulterate

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to contaminate; to make impure

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adverse

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unfavorable

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aesthetic

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having to do with artisitc beauty

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affable

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easy to talk to

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affectation

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unnatural or artificial behavior

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affinity

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sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

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affluent

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rich ; prosperous

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agenda

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program

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agrarian

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relating to land

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aggregate

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sum total

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agnostic

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one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven

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alacrity

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cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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allege

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to assert without proof

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alleviate

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to relieve; to lessen

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allocate

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to distribute

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alloy

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a combination of two or more things

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allusion

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an indirect reference

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aloof

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uninvolved

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alturism

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selflessness

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ambience

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atmosphere

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ambiguous

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unclear in meaning

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ambivalent

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undecided; neutral

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ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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amenable

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obedient; agreeable

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amenity

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pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feauture

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amiable

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friendly; agreeable

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amnesty

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an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

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amoral

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lacking sense of right or wrong

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amorous

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feeling loving; espeacially in a sexual sense

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amorphous

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shapeless

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anachronism

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something out of place in history

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analogy

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a comparison of one thing to another

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anarchy

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absence of government or control

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anecdote

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a short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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anguish

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mental pain

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animosity

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resentment

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anomaly

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an aberration; a deviation

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antecedent

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someone or something that went before

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antipathy

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firm dislike; a dislike

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antithesis

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the direct opposite

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apartheid

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racial segregation ; 인종차별

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apathy

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lack of interest; lack of feeling

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aphorism

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a brief, often witty saying

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apocalypse

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a prophetic revelation

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apocryphal

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dubious authenticity

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apotheosis

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elevation to divine status

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appease

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to soothe

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appreciate

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increase in value

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apprehensive

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worried; anxious

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approbation

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approval; praise

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appropriate

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to take without permission

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aptitude

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capacity for learning

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arbiter

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one who decides

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arbitrary

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randam

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arcane

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mysterious

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archaic

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extremely old

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archetype

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an original model or pattern

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ardent

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passionate

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arduous

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hard; difficult

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aristocratic

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of noble birth

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artful

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wily

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artifice

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a clever trick

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ascendency

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supremacy; domination

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ascetic

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hermitlike; practicing self-denial

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assiduous

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hardworking; busy; quite diligent

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assimilate

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to take in; to absorb

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assuage

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to soothe; to pacify; to relieve pain

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astute

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shrewd

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attrition

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gradual wearing away

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audacity

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boldness

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augment

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to make bigger

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auspicious

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favorable

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austere

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unadorned

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autocratic

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ruling with absolute authority

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autonomous

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acting independently

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avarice

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greed; excessive love of riches

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avow

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to claim

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avuncular

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like an uncle

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awry

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off course

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axiom

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self-evident rule or truth

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