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Abdicate

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to renounce a throne or power

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Abject

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extremely bad or severe; miserable

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Abridge

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to shorten without losing the sense

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Accolade

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an award or privilege granted as an honor

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Acrid

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sharp or biting in taste or smell; irritating

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Affable

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friendly and easy to talk to

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Affluent

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wealthy; having an abundance of goods

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Allay

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to lessen or relieve

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Ameliorate

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to make something better

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Amicable

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having a spirit of friendliness

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Amorphous

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without a clear shape or form

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Anomaly

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something unusual or unexpected

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Antiquated

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outdated, old-fashioned

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Apathetic

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showing or feeling no interest or concern

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Apprehensive

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anxious or fearful about the future

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Arable

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suitable for growing crops

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Arcane

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understood by only a few

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Arduous

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requiring great effort; strenuous

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Aspersion

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an attack on the reputation of someone

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Assuage

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to make something less severe

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Astute

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having keen insight

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Atrophy

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to waste away, typically due to lack of use

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Audacious

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bold, daring, or fearless

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Avarice

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greed for wealth

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Axiomatic
self-evident; accepted as true
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Banal
lacking originality; dull
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Bastion
a stronghold or fortress
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Bellicose
demonstrating aggression
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Benign
gentle and kind; harmless
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Bequeath
to leave something to someone through a will
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Bereft
deprived of something
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Blithe
cheerful and carefree
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Brevity
briefness in expression
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Broach
to bring up a topic for discussion
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Burnish
to polish or make shiny
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Camaraderie
mutual trust among friends
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Candor
honesty; frankness
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Castigate
to punish or criticize severely
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Censure
to express strong disapproval
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Charlatan
a fraud; someone falsely claiming knowledge
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Chide
to scold or rebuke
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Clairvoyant
having the ability to see the future
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Clemency
mercy or leniency
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Commensurate
proportional or equal in measure
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Complacency
self-satisfaction; lack of concern
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Compunction
a feeling of guilt or regret
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Concord
agreement or harmony
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Conflagration
a large, destructive fire
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Consternation
a sudden, alarming amazement or dread
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Contemptuous
scornful; showing disdain
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Contentious
causing or likely to cause an argument
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Contrite
feeling remorseful
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Conundrum
a confusing and difficult problem
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Copious
abundant; in large quantities
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Cryptic
having a hidden meaning
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Daunt
to intimidate or discourage
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Debacle
a complete failure
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Deft
skillful and quick in movement
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Depravity
moral corruption
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Deride
to mock or ridicule
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Despot
a ruler with absolute power, often oppressive
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Didactic
instructive, especially morally
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Diligent
hardworking, showing care in duties
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Disparate
essentially different; diverse
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Docile
easily managed or obedient
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Dogged
determined, persistent
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Duplicity
deceitfulness; double-dealing
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Efface
to erase or remove
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Effervescent
bubbly, enthusiastic
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Elusive
difficult to find or achieve
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Emaciated
abnormally thin due to illness or lack of food
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Empathy
the ability to understand others' feelings
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Enigmatic
mysterious or puzzling
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Enmity
hostility or hatred
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Ephemeral
lasting for a very short time
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Erudite
scholarly, educated
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Eschew
to avoid or abstain from
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Espouse
to support or adopt a cause
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Ethereal
delicate and light; heavenly
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Exacerbate
to worsen a situation or condition
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Exalt
to praise highly
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Exonerate
to clear from blame
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Exorbitant
unreasonably high (usually in cost)
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Exuberant
full of energy and enthusiasm
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Facetious
treating serious issues with inappropriate humor
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Fallacious
based on a mistaken belief
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Fastidious
very attentive to accuracy and detail
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Felicity
happiness; bliss
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Fervor
intense passion
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Flamboyant
attracting attention due to confidence
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Flippant
not showing a serious attitude
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Forbearance
patient self-control
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Fortitude
courage in pain or adversity
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Frivolous
not having any serious purpose
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Galvanize
to stimulate into action
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Germane
relevant to a subject
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Gluttony
overindulgence in food or drink
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Gregarious
sociable and outgoing
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Harbinger
a sign or precursor of future events
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Haughty
arrogantly superior

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