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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

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make unfriendly

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align

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bring into line

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allegiance

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loyalty, devotion

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allude

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convey idea indirectly

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allure

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attract or delight as if by magic

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ally

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association

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amicable

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friendly,affable

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amity

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friendship, friendly relation

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amorphous

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shapeless, unformed

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anathema

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curse, execration, benison,

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ancillary

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of secondary importance

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anemic

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lacking vitality, spirit

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anesthetic

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pain reliever

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animus

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spiteful, malevolent ill will, enmity, rancor

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antic

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clownish

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apocalyptic

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prophetic, predictive, prognostic, turning point, unrestrained

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appall

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overcome with consternation

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appreciable

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perceptible

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apprehension

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fear, arrestment, understand

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apt

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exactly suitable, likely, intelligent

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archaic

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antiquated

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arrhythmic

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lacking regularity

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ascendant

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dominant, superior, rising

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ascetic

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self-denial

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asunder

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into separate parts

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augur

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one who predicts future

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autocracy

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government in which a person possesses unlimited power

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aver

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state

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awash

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covered with water

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badger

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harass, annoy persistently

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bale

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woe, sorrow

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balk

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check or stop by an obstacle, unwillingness to accept

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balloon

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increase rapidly

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balm

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sweet-smelling oil, pleasant smell

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bane

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source of harm, ruin

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banish

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require by authority to leave a country, force out