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Abandon

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Total lack of inhibition

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Abate

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To decrease

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Abet

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To act as an accomplice

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Abjure

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To abandon forever

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Abnegate

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To give up

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Abortive

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Ending without results

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Abrogate

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To annul

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Abscond

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To leave quickly in secret

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Abstemious

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Done sparingly

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Accede

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To agree to

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Acclivity

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An incline; upward slope

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Accretion

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An increase in amount

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Acme

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The highest level

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Actuate

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To put into motion

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Acuity

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Sharp vision

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Acumen

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Sharpness of insight

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Adamant

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Stubbornly unyielding

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Adept

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Extremely skilled

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Adjudicate

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To act as a judge

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Adjure

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To appeal to

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Admonish

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To warn sb gently

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Adroit

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Skillful

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Adulation

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Admiration

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Aerie

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A place which eagle’s fill with eggs

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Affected

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Artificial

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Aggregate

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The sum total

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Algorithm

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An established procedure to solve the equation

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Alimentary

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Pertaining to food, nutrition

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Allay

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Reduce in intensity

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Amity

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Friendship

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Amorphous

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Having no definite form

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Animus

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ill will

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Anodyne

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A medicine that relieves pain

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Anomaly

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Something that is difficult to classify

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Anthropomorphic

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Suggesting human characteristics for animals

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Antiquated

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Too old to be fashionable

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Aphorism

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A short statement of a principle

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Aplomb

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Self-confident assurance

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Apostate

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One who renounces religious faith

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Apposite

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Well adapted

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Apprise

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Inform

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Appropriate

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Allocate

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Arable

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Suitable for cultivation

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Arcane

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Secret

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Archipelago

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A large group of islands

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Arrears

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Unpaid

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Arrogate

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To claim without justification

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Askance

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With disapproval

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Assent

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To agree; as to a proposal

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Atavistic

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Characteristic of a former era

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Autocrat

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A dictator

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Aver

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To declare to be true

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Avuncular

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Like an uncle in behaviour; warm with good soul

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Awry

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Crooked; not straight