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abberation

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something not typical

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abhor

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to hate very much

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abject

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hopeless

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abnegate

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to deny oneself things

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abstinent

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voluntarily not doing something

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abstract

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theoretical

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acquiesce

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to comply passively, 찬성하다

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acrid

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harshly pungent, bitter

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acrimonious

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full of spite

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acumen

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keenness of judgment

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aesthetic

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having to do with artistic beauty

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affable

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friendly

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affectation

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unnatural or artificial behavoir

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affinity

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sympathy,attraction

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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 nor disproven

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agrarian

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relating to land

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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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altruism

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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

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amerliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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amenable

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obedient

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amenity

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pleasantness

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amiable

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friendly

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amnesty

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

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anarchy

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absence of government or control

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anecdote

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short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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anguish

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agonising physical or mental pain

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animosity

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resentment

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anomaly

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aberration, irregularity

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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

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antithesis

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the direct opposite

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apartheid

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former policy of racial segregation and oppression in South africa

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apathy

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lack of interest

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aphorism

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a brief, often witty saying

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apocalypse

A

세계의 종말의 관련된 예언

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apocryphal

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출저가 의심스러운

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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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to increase in value

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apprehensive

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anxious that sth bad will happen

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aptitude

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capacity for learning

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arbiter

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one who decides, a judge

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arbitrary

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random

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arcane

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mysterious

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archaic

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extremely old, ancient

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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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crafty

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assimilate

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to take in, absorb

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assuage

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to soothe

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astute

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shrewd, keen in judgement

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austere

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unadorned, stern

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autocratic

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ruling with absolute authority

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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, widely accepted saying