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abash

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to embarrass

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abate

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to reduce

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abdicate

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to step down from a position of power

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abortive

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unsuccessful

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abridge

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to shorten

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absolute

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total

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absolve

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to forgive or free from blame

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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abysmal

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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 aggresively

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acerbic

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sour mood/tone

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acute

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sharp

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adamant

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stubborn

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address

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to speak to

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adherent

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follower

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admonish

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to scold gently

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adroit

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skilful, clever

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adulation

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flattery, excessive admiration

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adulterate

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to contaminate

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adverse

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unfavorable

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affulent

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rich

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agenda

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program

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alleviate

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to relieve

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allocate

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to distribute

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alloy

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combination of two things

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allusion

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indirect reference

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aloof

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uninvolved

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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, attractive features

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amoral

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lacking a sense of right and wrong

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amorous

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feeling loving

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amorphous

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shapeless

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anachronism

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something out of place in time

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analogy

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comparison of one thing to another

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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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an abberation; irregularity

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antecedent

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someone sth that went before

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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-proverb

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apocalypse

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세계의 종말과 관련된 예언

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aprobation

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approval, praise

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appropriate

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to take without permission

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archaic

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extremely old

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archetype

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an original modern or pattern

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artifice

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a clever trick; cunning

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ascendancy

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supermacy

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ascetic

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hermitlike

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assiduous

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hardworking

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atheist

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one who doesn’t believe in the existence of god

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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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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