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Abate

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Subside or moderate

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Aberrant

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Abnormal or deviant

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Abeyance

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Suspended action

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Abscond

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Depart seceretly and hide

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Abstemious

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Sparing in eating and drinking;tempate

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Admonish

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Warn;reprove

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Adulterate

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Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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Aesthetic

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Artistic; deal with or capable of appreciating the beautiful

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Aggregate

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Gather or accumulate

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness; eagerness

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Alleviate

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Relieve

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Amalgamate

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Combine; unite in a body

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Ambiguous

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Unclear or doubtful in meaning

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Ambivalence

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The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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Ameliorate

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Improve

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Anachronism

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Something or someone misplaced in time

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Analogous

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Comparaable

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Anarchy

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Abscence of governing body; state kf disorder

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Anomalous

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Abnormal; irregular

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Antipathy

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Aversion; dislike

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Apathy

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Lack of caring; indifference

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Appease

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Pacify or soothe; relieve

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Apprise

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Inform

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Approbation

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Approval

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Arduous

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Hard; strentous

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Artless

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Without guile; open amd honest

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Ascetic

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Practicing self denial; austere

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Assiduous

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Diligent

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Assuage

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Ease or lessen(pain) ; satisfy(hunger); soothe(anger)

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Attenuate

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Make thinner

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Audacious

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Daring; bold

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Austere

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Forbiddingly stern; secerly simple and unornamented

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Autonomous

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Self governing; independent

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Aver

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Assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

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