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Ardent

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(adjective) Passionate, or full of great enthusiasm or eagerness. Emotionally intense and devoted. Hot or glowing brightly.

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Arduous

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(adjective) Difficult, requiring continuous effort and hard work. Challenging to travel, endure, or overcome

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Ascribe

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(verb) To assign cause to a person or thing; to give responsibility to a particular person for creation of something. To identify someone or something as belonging to a particular group

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Aspersion

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(noun) False accusation; slander; a statement that attacks someone’s character or reputation

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Assiduous

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(adjective) Careful and constant in terms of the attention paid to something; diligent and persistent

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Augment

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(verb) To increase in growth, size, strength, loudness, or scope

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Auspicious

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(adjective) Marked by lucky signs or good omens, with the promise of success. Full of encouragement, hope, or reason for optimism, often describing the beginning of an activity or event

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Avarice

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(noun) Unreasonably strong desire for money and riches

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Axiom

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(noun) A statement or idea accepted as self-evident, requiring no proof

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Bandy

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(verb) To exchange trade, or pass words or blows. To exchange witticisms or insults

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