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Question 1

Agape

Answer 1

Openmouthed

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Agenda

Answer 2

Items of business at a meeting

Question 3

Agglomeration

Answer 3

Collection; heap ; v. Agglomerate : gather into a rounded mass , n Agglomerate : jumbled mass ; heap

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Aggrandize

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Make greater ; increase in power , wealth , rank , or honour : n. Aggrandizement

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Aggregate

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Sum; total ; adj . V : gather into a mass or whole ; accumulate ; add up to ; ex. Aggregate 100 dollars.

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Aghast

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Filled with great surprise or fear ; horrified

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Agility

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Nimbleness ; ability to move quickly

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Agitate

Answer 8

Stir up ; disturb

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Agnostic

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One who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

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Agog

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Highly excited ; intensely curious

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Agrarian

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Pertaining to land or its cultivation; ex. Agrarian reform

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Airy

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Of air ; high in the air ; lofty ; immaterial ; unreal

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness without reluctance

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Alchemy

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Medieval chemistry

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Alcove

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Nook; recess

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Alias

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An assumed name esp . By a criminal ( usually to mislead people ) ; adv. Alias

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Alienate

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Make unfriendly or hostile ; estrange ; separate ;change the ownership of

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Alimentary

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Supplying nourishment

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Alimony

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Payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce

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Allay

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Calm ; pacify

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Allege

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State without proof

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Allegiance

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Loyalty

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Allegory

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Story, play , or picture in which characters are used as symbols ; fable

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Alleviate

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Relieve (pain)

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Alliteration

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Repetition of beginning sound in poetry

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Allocate

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Assign; set apart for a particular person

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Alloy

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Mixture as of metals ; something added that lowers in value or purity ;v: mix; make less pure ; lower in value or quality ; spoil ; cf. Unalloyed : not in mixture with other Maetals ; pure ; complete , unqualified ; ex. Unalloyed happiness

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Allude

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Refer indirectly; n. Allusion : indirect reference

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Allure

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Entice ; attract ; tempt

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Alluvial

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Pertaining to soil deposits left by running water