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Antagonize

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The act of incurring or provoking hostility

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Antagonist

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A person one struggles against in a contest

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Antibiotic

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A substance produced by a microorganism that destroys other (harmful) microorganism

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Antidote

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A medicine that counteracts poison or disease ; something that gives protections against injurious effects; something that gives relief against something else

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Antipathy

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A strong feeling of dislike

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Antiseptic

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Against infection; capable of destroying microorganisms that cause disease.

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Antarctica

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The continent opposite the Arctic

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Anticlimax

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The opposite of the climax

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Antithesis

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One idea placed opposite another; ideas contrasted in balance

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Autocracy

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Government by a single person

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Autocrat

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An absolute ruler; a domineering, self-willed person

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Automatic

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Operating by itself

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Automation

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A system of using self-operating machines

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Automaton

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An apparatus that functions by itself; a robot. Also a person who has lost all human qualities and acts mechanically.

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Automobile

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Self-moving vehicle

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Autonomic

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Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system, which acts of its own mass dated than through voluntary control

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Autonomous

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Self-governing

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Autonomy

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The right to self-government

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Autopsy

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Seeing for oneself; an examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death