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abase

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lower in rank, prestige, vitiate, take down

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abash

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discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, destroy the self-confidence

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abet

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assist, support, encourage, instigate

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abiding

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lasting for a long time, enduring, perennial, perpetual, everlasting,

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abnegate

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deny, renounce, abjure, repudiate, forswear, surrender, relinquish

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abominate

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hate, loathe, abhor, despise, execrate, detest

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aboveboard

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free from deceit, duplicity

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abrade

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rub, wear away, wear down spiritually, chafe, excoriate

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abrogate

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annul, abolish, rescind

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absolve

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exculpate, exonerate, vindicate

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abstain

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refrain from something

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abstruse

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difficult to comprehend

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abut

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adjacent

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acclimate

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make suitable for new use, adjust,

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accost

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approach and speak in aggressive way

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acme

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highest point

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adjourn

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suspend a session

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ad-lib

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done without preparation

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affinity

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attraction to something

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aggravate

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make worse, more severe

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agog

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show urgent desire or interest

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agonize

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deep sadness or mental pain

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airtight

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no flaw

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alibi

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excuse intended to avert blame

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alienate
make unfriendly
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align
bring into line
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allegiance
loyalty, devotion
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allude
convey idea indirectly
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allure
attract or delight as if by magic
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ally
association
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amicable
friendly,affable
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amity
friendship, friendly relation
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amorphous
shapeless, unformed
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anathema
curse, execration, benison,
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ancillary
of secondary importance
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anemic
lacking vitality, spirit
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anesthetic
pain reliever
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animus
spiteful, malevolent ill will, enmity, rancor
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antic
clownish
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apocalyptic
prophetic, predictive, prognostic, turning point, unrestrained
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appall
overcome with consternation
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appreciable
perceptible
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apprehension
fear, arrestment, understand
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apt
exactly suitable, likely, intelligent
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archaic
antiquated
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arrhythmic
lacking regularity
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ascendant
dominant, superior, rising
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ascetic
self-denial
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asunder
into separate parts
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augur
one who predicts future
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autocracy
government in which a person possesses unlimited power
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aver
state
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awash
covered with water
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badger
harass, annoy persistently
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bale
woe, sorrow
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balk
check or stop by an obstacle, unwillingness to accept
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balloon
increase rapidly
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balm
sweet-smelling oil, pleasant smell
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bane
source of harm, ruin
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banish
require by authority to leave a country, force out