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1
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Abstract

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Disassociated from any specific instance: difficult to understand

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Accessible

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Capable of being reached

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Acclaim

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Applaud , praise

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Accommodate

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To provide with something desired, needed, or suited

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Acknowledge

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To recognize the rights, authority, or status of

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Acute

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Characterized by sharpness or severity

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Adversary

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One that contains with, opposes, or resists

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Adverse

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Acting against or any contrary direction

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Aesthetic

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relating to, or dealing with beauty: pleasing in appearance

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Affinity

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Relationship by marriage: sympathy marked by community of interest

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Alleviate

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Relieve, lesson: to make something more bearable

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Altruistic

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Unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

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ambiguous

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Doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness

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Ambivalence

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Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings

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amenable

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Liable to be brought to account: answerable

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Ample

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Generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity

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Analogy

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Resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike

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Antagonism

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Actively expressed opposition or hostility

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Antipathy

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A strong feeling of dislike

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Apathy

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Lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting

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Apprehension

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Anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil

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Apprenticeship

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Working for another in order to learn a trade

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Appropriate

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Suitable or fitting for a particular person, purpose, occasion, etc.

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Aristocracy

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A class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility

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Aspire

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Too long, aim, or seek ambitiously

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Assert

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To state with assurance, confidence, or force

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Assumption

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The act of taking for granted or supposing

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Authentic

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Not false or copied; genuine

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Autonomous

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Not subject to control from outside; independent

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Aversion

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A strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy

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Banal

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So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

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Convention

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A way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity

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Beneficial

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Favorable or advantageous; resulting in good

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Benign

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Gentle; kindly

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Betray

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Expose to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy

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Brittle

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Hard but liable to break or shatter easily

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Buoyant

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Able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas

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Candor

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The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness

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Capacity

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The maximum amount that something can contain

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Censor

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Suppress any parts of books,movies,news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unstable, or a threat to security.

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Chronic

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Persisting for a long time or constantly

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Chronicle

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A factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence.

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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risks

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Cite

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Quote as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement especially in a scholarly work

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Cliché

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A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought

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Coalesce

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Come to get her and form one mass or whole

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Collaborate

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Work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something

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Compliance

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The action or fact of complying with a wish or command

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Component

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A part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle

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Composure

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The state or feeling of being calm and in control of oneself

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Compromise

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An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions

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Concentration

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The action or power of focusing one’s attention for mental effort

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Concrete

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Existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract

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Condone

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Accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue

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Confirm

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Establish the truth or correctness of something previously believed, suspected, or feared to be the case

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Conformity

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Compliance with standards, rules, or laws; behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards

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Confront

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Meet (someone) face to face with hostile or argumentative intent

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Conscientious

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Wishing to do what is right ,especially to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly

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Consistency

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Conformity in the application of something, typically that’s which is necessary for the sake of logic, accuracy, or fairness

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Consolidation

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The action or process of making something stronger or more solid

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Convention

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A way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity

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