SAT Vocab 2 Flashcards
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allegory n.
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The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
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alleviate v.
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To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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alley n.
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A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
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alliance n.
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Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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allot v.
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To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
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allotment n.
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Portion.
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allude v.
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To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
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allusion n.
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An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
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alluvion n.
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Flood.
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ally n.
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A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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almanac n.
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A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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aloof adv.
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Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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altar n.
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Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
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alter v.
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To make change in.
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alteration n.
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Change or modification.
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altercate v.
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To contend angrily or zealously in words.
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alternate n.
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One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
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alternative n.
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Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
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altitude n.
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Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
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alto n.
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The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
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altruism n.
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Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
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altruist n.
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One who advocates or practices altruism.
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amalgam n.
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An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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amalgamate v.
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To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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amateur adj.
Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
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amatory adj.
Designed to excite love.
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ambidextrous adj.
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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ambiguous adj.
Having a double meaning.
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ambitious adj.
Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
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ambrosial adj.
Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
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ambulance n.
A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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ambulate v.
To walk about.
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ambush n.
The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
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ameliorate v.
To relieve, as from pain or hardship.
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amenable adj.
Willing and ready to submit.
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Americanism n.
A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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amicable adj.
Done in a friendly spirit.
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amity n.
Friendship.
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amorous adj.
Having a propensity for falling in love.
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amorphous adj.
Without determinate shape.
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amour n.
A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
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ampere n.
The practical unit of electric-current strength.
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ampersand n.
The character &; and.
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amphibious adj.
Living both on land and in water.
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amphitheater n.
An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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amplitude n.
Largeness.
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amply adv.
Sufficiently.
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amputate v.
To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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amusement n.
Diversion.
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anachronism n.
Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
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anagram n.
The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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analogous adj.
Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
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analogy n.
Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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analyst n.
One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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analyze v.
To examine minutely or critically.
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anarchy n.
Absence or utter disregard of government.
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anathema n.
Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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anatomy n.
That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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ancestry n.
One's ancestors collectively.
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anecdote n.
A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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anemia n.
Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
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anemic adj.
Affected with anemia.
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anemometer n.
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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anesthetic adj.
Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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anew adv.
Once more.
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angelic adj.
Saintly.
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Anglophobia n.
Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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Anglo-Saxon n.
The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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angular adj.
Sharp-cornered.
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anhydrous adj.
Withered.
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animadversion n.
The utterance of criticism or censure.
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animadvert v.
To pass criticism or censure.
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animalcule n.
An animal of microscopic smallness.
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animate v.
To make alive.
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animosity n.
Hatred.
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annalist n.
Historian.
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annals n.
A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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annex v.
To add or affix at the end.
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annihilate v.
To destroy absolutely.
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annotate v.
To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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annual adj.
Occurring every year.
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annuity n.
An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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annunciation n.
Proclamation.
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anode n.
The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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anonymous adj.
Of unknown authorship.
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antagonism n.
Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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Antarctic adj.
Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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ante v.
In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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antecede v.
To precede.
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antecedent n.
One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
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antechamber n.
A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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antedate v.
To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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antediluvian adj.
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antemeridian adj.
Before noon.
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antemundane adj.
Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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antenatal adj.
Occurring or existing before birth.
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anterior adj.
Prior.
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anteroom n.
A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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anthology n.
A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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anthracite n.
Hard coal.
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anthropology n.
The science of man in general.
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anthropomorphous adj.
Having or resembling human form.
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antic n.
A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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Antichrist n.
Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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anticlimax n.
A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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anticyclone n.
An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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antidote n.
Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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antilogy n.
Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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antipathize v.
To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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antiphon n.
A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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antiphony n.
An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antipodes n.
A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antiquary n.
One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antiquate v.
To make old or out of date.
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antique adj.
Pertaining to ancient times.
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antiseptic n.
Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
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antislavery adj.
Opposed to human slavery.
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antispasmodic adj.
Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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antistrophe n.
The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in 'the home of joy and the joy of home'.
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antitoxin n.
A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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antonym n.
A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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anxious adj.
Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
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apathy n.
Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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aperture n.
Hole.
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apex n.
The highest point, as of a mountain.
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aphorism n.
Proverb.
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apiary n.
A place where bees are kept.
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apogee n.
The climax.
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apology n.
A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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apostasy n.
A total departure from one's faith or religion.
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apostate adj.
False.
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apostle n.
Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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apothecary n.
One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
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apotheosis n.
Deification.
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appall v.
To fill with dismay or horror.
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apparent adj.
Easily understood.
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apparition n.
Ghost.
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appease v.
To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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appellate adj.
Capable of being appealed to.
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appellation n.
The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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append v.
To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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appertain v.
To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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apposite adj.
Appropriate.
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apposition n.
The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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appraise v.
To estimate the money value of.
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appreciable adj.
Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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apprehend v.
To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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apprehensible adj.
Capable of being conceived.
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approbation n.
Sanction.
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appropriate adj.
Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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aqueduct n.
A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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aqueous adj.
Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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arbiter n.
One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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arbitrary adj.
Fixed or done capriciously.
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arbitrate v.
To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arbor n.
A tree.
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arboreal adj.
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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arborescent adj.
Having the nature of a tree.
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arboretum n.
A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arboriculture n.
The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arcade n.
A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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archaic adj.
Antiquated.
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archaism n.
Obsolescence.
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archangel n.
An angel of high rank.
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archbishop n.
The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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archdeacon n.
A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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archaeology n.
The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
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archetype n.
A prototype.
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archipelago n.
Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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ardent adj.
Burning with passion.
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ardor n.
Intensity of passion or affection.
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arid adj.
Very dry.
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aristocracy n.
A hereditary nobility.
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aristocrat n.
A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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armada n.
A fleet of war-vessels.
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armful n.
As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
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armory n.
An arsenal.
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aroma n.
An agreeable odor.
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arraign v.
To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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arrange v.
To put in definite or proper order.
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arrangement n.
The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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arrant adj.
Notoriously bad.
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arrear n.
Something overdue and unpaid.
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arrival n.
A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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arrogant adj.
Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrogate v.
To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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Artesian well n.
A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure.
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artful adj.
Characterized by craft or cunning.
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Arthurian adj.
Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
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artifice n.
Trickery.
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artless adj.
Ingenuous.
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ascendant adj.
Dominant.
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ascension n.
The act of rising.
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ascent n.
A rising, soaring, or climbing.
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ascetic adj.
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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ascribe v.
To assign as a quality or attribute.
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asexual adj.
Having no distinct sexual organs.
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ashen adj.
Pale.
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askance adv.
With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
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asperity n.
Harshness or roughness of temper.
