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abjure

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(verb) to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid

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abrogate

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(verb) to abolish or annul by authority; to put down

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abscission

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(noun) the act of cutting off or removing

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acarpous

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(adjective) effete; no longer fertile; worn out

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accretion

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(noun) growth; increase by successive addition; building up

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admonish

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(verb) to reprove; to express warning or disapproval

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adroit

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(adjective) adept; dexterous

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adumbrate

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(verb) to foreshadow or intimate, to suggest sketchily; to obscure

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anodyne

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(adjective/noun) soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts

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antipathy

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(noun) aversion; dislike

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antithetical

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(adjective) diametrically opposed; as in antithesis

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apocryphal

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(adjective) of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious

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apogee

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(noun) farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith (antonym: perigee)

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apostate

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(noun) one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

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apotheosis

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(noun) deification; glorification to godliness

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apposite

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(adjective) appropriate; pertinent; relevant; apropos

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apprise

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(verb) to give notice to; to inform

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arabesque

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(noun) a complex, ornate design; also to a dance position

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arcane

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(adjective) mysterious; abstruse; esoteric; knowable only to initiates

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arrant

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(adjective) impudent

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artless

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(adjective) completely without guile; natural; without artificiality

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ascetic

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(noun/adjective) someone practicing self-denial; austere; stark

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asperity

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(noun) severity; rigor; roughness; harshness; acrimony; irritability

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aspersion

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(noun) an act of defamation or maligning; animadversion

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assay

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(noun/verb) an analysis; examination; test; to put to a test

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asseverate

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(verb) to aver; to allege; to assert

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assiduous

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(adjective) diligent; hard-working; sedulous

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attenuate

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(verb) to rarefy; to weaken or make thinner

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augury

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(noun) omen; portent

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auspice

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(noun) protection or support; patronage

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auspicious

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(adjective) favorable; propitious; successful; prosperous

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aver·

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(verb) to affirm; to assert; to prove; to justify; to asseverate

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baleful

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(adjective) sinister; pernicious; ominous

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bane

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(noun) cause of injury; poison; source of harm

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beatify

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(verb) to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly

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bedizen

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(verb) to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; to festoon

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belie

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(verb) to give false impression of to misrepresent

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bellicose

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(adjective) belligerent; pugnacious; warlike

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bilge

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(noun) bulge; the protuberance of a cask

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blandish

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(verb) to toady or fawn

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blithe

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(adjective) carefree; merry

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boisterous

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(adjective) loud; noisy; rough; lacking restraint

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boor

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(noun) a rude or insensitive person; lout

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burnish

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(verb) to polish; to rub to a shine

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byzantine

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(adjective) labyrinthine; complex

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cabal

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(noun) a scheme or plot; a group of plotters

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cachinnate

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(verb) to laugh loudly

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cadge

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(verb) to sponge or mooch

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cajole

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(verb) to inveigle, coax, or wheedle

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calumniate

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(verb) to slander; to make a false accusation

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calumny

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(noun) slander; aspersion

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caparison

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(verb) to adorn or bedizen

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captious

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(adjective) calculated to confuse or entrap in argument; hypercritical; caviling

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caret

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(noun) an insertion mark (/) used by editors and proofreaders

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cavil

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(verb) to find fault without good reason

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celerity

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(noun) speed; alacrity

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chasten

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(verb) to chastise or correct

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chauvinist

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(noun) a blindly devoted patriot

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