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ABASH

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To make ashamed
To embarrass

To disconcert- to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone)

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ABATE

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To subside, to reduce

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ABDICATE

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To step down from a position of power or responsibility

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ABERRATION

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A deviation from the standard, something not typical

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ABORTIVE

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Unsuccessful

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ABJECT

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Hopeless; extremely sad and servile, defeated

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ABNEGATE

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to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

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ABHOR

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To hate very, very much, to detest,

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ABRIDGE

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to condense, to shorten

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ABSOLUTE

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Unlimited, total,

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ABSOLVE

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to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

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ABSTRACT

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Theoretical; impersonal

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ABYSMAL

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extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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ACCOLADE

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an award; an honour

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ACCOST

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To approach and speak to someone aggressively

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ACERBIC

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Sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood, or tone

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ACQUIESCE

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To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree

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ACRID

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Harshly pungent, bitter,

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ACRIMONIOUS

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full of spite, bitter; Nasty,

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ACUMEN

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Keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

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ACUTE

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Sharp, shrewd,

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ADAMENT

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Stubborn, unyielding; completely inflexible

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ADDRESS

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To speak to; to direct one’s attention to

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ADHERENT

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follower; supporter; believer

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ADMONISH
To scold gently; to warn
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ADULATION
wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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ADROIT
skillful; clever, dexterous; shrewd; socially at ease
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ADULTERATE
To contaminate; to make impure
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ADVERSE
Unfavourable; antagonistic
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AESTHETIC
Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
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AFFABLE
Adj. | friendly, easy to talk to
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AFFINITY
Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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AFFLUENT
rich; prosperous
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AGENDA
program; the things to be done
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AGGREGATE
sum total, a collection of separate things mixed together
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AGRARIAN
Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
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ALACRITY
n | Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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ABSTINENT
Abstaining, voluntarily not doing something, especially something that's pleasant that’s bad for you or has a bad reputation
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ABSTRUSE
Hard to understand
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AFFECTATION
Unnatural or artificial behaviour , usually intended to impress
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ALEDGE
V. To assert without proof
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ALLEVIATE
To relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely. To make bearable, to lessen
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ALLOCATE
To distribute; to assign; to allot
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ALLOY
A combination two or more things, usually metal | Bronze is an alloy of zinc and copper
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AMBIENCE
Atmosphere, mood, feeling
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ALOOF
Uninvolved, standing off, keeping one’s distance
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ALLUSION
An indirect reference, (often to a literary work), a hint
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AMBIGUOUS
unclear in meaning; confusing, capable of being interpreted in different ways.
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AMBIVALENT
Undecided, having opposed feelings simultaneously
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AMELIORATE
To make better, more tolerable
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AMENABLE
Obedient, agreeable, willing to give in to the wishes of others
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AMENITY
Pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
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AMIABLE
Friendly, agreeable
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AMNESTY
An official pardon given to a group of people who have violated a law of policy
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AMORAL
Lacking a sense of right and wrong, neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral. Without moral feelings Also- One who disregards if something is moral or immoral
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AMORPHOUS
Without regular or stable shape, blob-like, shapeless, formless
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AMOROUS
Feeling loving, especially in a sexualized sense, in love, relating to love
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AFFECTATION
unnatural or artificial behaviour, usually intended to impress
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AGNOSTIC
one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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ALLEGE
to assert without proof
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ALLEVIATE
to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
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ALLOCATE
to distribute; to assign; to allot
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ALLOY
a combination of two or more things, usually metals
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ALLUSION
n an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
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ALOOF
adj uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance
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ALTRUISM
selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
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AMBIENCE
n atmosphere; mood; feeling
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AMBIGUOUS
unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
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AMBIVALENT
adj undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
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AMELIORATE
v to make better or more tolerable
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AMENABLE
adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of others; agreeable
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AMENITY
n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
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AMIABLE | vs. AMICABLE
adj. friendly; agreeable | politely friendly or not hostile
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AMNESTY
n. an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
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AMORAL
adj. lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
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AMOROUS
adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
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AMORPHOUS
adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike
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ANACHRONISM
n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
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ANALOGY
n. comparison of one thing to another; similarity
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ANARCHY
n. absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
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ANECDOTE
n. a short account of an humorous or revealing incident
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ANGUISH
n. agonizing physical or mental pain
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ANIMOSITY
n. resentment; hostility; ill will
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ANOMALY
n. an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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ANTECEDENT
n. someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it
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ANTIPATHY
n. a firm dislike | my feelings on these matters are quite antipathetic; My antipathies are the things I don't like
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ANTITHESIS
n. the direct opposite
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APARTHEID
n. the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa
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APATHY
n. lack of interest; lack of feeling
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APHORISM
n. a brief, often witty saying; a proverb
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APOCAPYPSE
n. a prophetic revelation; especially one concerning the end of the world
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APOCRYPHAL
n. of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious
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APOTHEOSIS
n. elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something
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APPEASE
v. to soothe; to pacify by giving into | n. appeasement
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APPRECIATE
v. to increase in value
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APPREHENSIVE
adj. worried; anxious
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MISAPPREHENSION
a misunderstanding
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APPROBATION
n. approval; praise (a fancy word for approval)
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DISSAPPROBATION
disapproval
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APPROPRIATE
v. to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
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MISAPPROPRIATE
dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use
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EXPROPRIATE
to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
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APTITUDE
n capacity for learning; natural ability

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