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Abject

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Of the most contemptible kind

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Abberation

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A state or condition markedly different from the norm

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Abjure

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Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

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Abnegation

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The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

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Abrogate

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Revoke formally

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Abscond

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Run away

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Abstruse

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Difficult to penetrate

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Accede

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Yield to another’s wishes or opinions

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Accost

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Speak to someone

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Accretian

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An increase by natural growth or addition

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Acumen

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Shrewdness shown by keen insight

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Adamant

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Impervious to pleas, persuasion, request, reason

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Admonish

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Take a task

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Adumbrate

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Describe roughly or give the main points or summary of

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Adverse

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In an opposing direction

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Advocate

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A person who pleas for a cause, person, or idea

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Affluent

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Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

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Aggrandize

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Add details to

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Alacrity

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Liveliness and eagerness

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Alias

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A name that has been assumed temporarily

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain or undecided on what course to follow

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Amenable

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Dispose or willing to comply

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Amorphous

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Having no shape or definite volume

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Anachronistic

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Chronologically misplaced

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Anathema

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a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

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Annex

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Attach to

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Antediluvian

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Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

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Antiseptic

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Thoroughly clean and free of disease causing organisms

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Apathetic

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Showing little or no emotion or animation

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Antithesis

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Exact opposite

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Apocryphal

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Being of questionable authenticity

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Approbation

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Official approval

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Arbitrary

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Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference

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Arboreal

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Resembling a tree in form or branching structure

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Arcane

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Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

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Archetypal

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Of an original type after which other things are patterned

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Arrogate

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Seize or take control without authority

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Ascetic

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Someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline

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Aspersion

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A disparaging remark

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Assiduous

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Marked by care or persistent effort

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Atrophy

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A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

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Bane

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Something causing misery or death

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Bashful

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Self-consciously timid

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Beguile

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Influence by slyness

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Bereft

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Sorrowful through loss or deprivation

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Blandishment

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Flattery intended to persuade

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Bilk

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Cheat someone of something out of what is due

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Bombastic

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Ostentatiously lofty in style

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Cajole

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Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

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Callous

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Having callouses

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Calummy

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A false accusation of an offense

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Camaraderie

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The quality of affording easy familiarity or sociability

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Candor

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The quality of being honest and straightforward

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Capitulate

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Surrender under agreed conditions

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Carouse

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Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

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Carp

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Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae

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Caucus

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Meet a select candidate or promote a policy

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Cavort

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Play boisterously

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Circumlocution

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An indirect way of expressing something

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Circumscribe

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To draw a geometric figure around another figure

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Circumvent

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Surround so as to force to give up

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Clamor

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Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

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Cleave

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Separate or cut with a tool

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Cobbler

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Someone who makes or repairs shoes

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Cogent

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Powerfully persuasive

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Cognizant

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Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization

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Commensurate

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Corresponding in size or degree or extent

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Complement

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Something added to embellish or make perfect

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Compunction

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A feeling of deep regret or misdeed

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