UDEMY Flashcards

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Abase (Verb)

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Abase (Verb)
 Meaning: To cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
 Example: Russian law says inmates must not be treated in a way that is
“harsh” or “abases human dignity”.

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Abate (Verb)

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Meaning: To lessen (something) in force or intensity
 Example: The sky remained dark around us, but the clouds of dust
abated somewhat.

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Abdicate (Verb)

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Meaning: To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or
dignity; to renounce sovereignty
 Example: “You should know that the king will soon abdicate his throne
in favor of one of his children,” Madoc says, looking at all of us.

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Aberrant (Adjective

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Meaning: Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
 Example: His lawyer told the court that Mr. Stacy’s heavy drinking and
the psychological effects of his accident accounted for his aberrant
behavior.

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Abeyance (Noun)

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Meaning: Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
 Example: The Tony Awards, held in abeyance since June 2020, were
bestowed Sunday night, with a splashy effervescence that seemed to
declare: The best of times is now.

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Abhor (Verb)

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 Meaning: To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable;
to feel great repugnance toward.
 Example: I abhor the rainbow stripe and would prefer something along
the lines of a simple skull and crossbones.

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solemnity

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the state or quality of being serious and dignified.
a formal, dignified rite or ceremony.

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Abjure (Verb

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Meaning: To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to
disclaim.
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 Example: His new book, “Bad Faith,” offers a history of episodes in
which fringe groups abjured modern medicine, with deadly
consequences.

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disposition

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a person’s inherent qualities of mind and character.
the way in which something is placed or arranged, especially in relation to other things.

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Abreast (Adverb)

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Meaning: Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
 Example: The Journal Club proved to be an ideal way to keep the lab
abreast of the latest advances in physics, but over time the agenda
reflected the lab’s own expanding prominence.

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epitomize

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be a perfect example of.give a summary of (a written work).

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Abridge (Verb)

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Meaning: To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the
sense; to epitomize; to condense
 Example: Baby Kochamma, who had been put in charge of their formal
education, had read them an abridged version of The Tempest by
Charles and Mary Lamb.

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repeal

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revoke/annul

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Abrogate (Verb)

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Meaning: To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of
the maker or her or his successor; to repeal
 Example: He did not hesitate to abrogate Indian treaties, though he
sometimes expressed concern for Indian life.

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Abstain (Verb)

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Meaning: To refrain from (something or doing something); keep from
doing, especially an indulgence.
 Example: Even when Ramadan arrived during the season and I had to
play volleyball and fence while fasting from sunrise to sunset,
abstaining from food and water, I still didn’t want to quit.

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Abscission (Noun)

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Meaning: The act or process of cutting off.
 Example: Students worked with collaborative teams to develop
innovative methods for quantifying leaf color change and abscission in
campus trees.

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Abscond (Verb)

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Meaning: To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid
arrest or prosecution.
 Example: In 1995, the leader of a commercial expedition absconded with
tens of thousands of dollars of his clients’ money before the trip even got
off the ground.

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Abyss (Noun)

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Meaning: A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any
deep, immeasurable; any void space.
 Example: I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions
and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it.

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Accede (Verb)

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Meaning: To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
 Example: The Physical Review soon acceded to a system by which it
would accept articles on nuclear reactions but keep them in a vault, to
be published after the conclusion of the war.

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Accretion (Noun)

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Meaning: The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of
parts externally; an extraneous addition
 Example: Physicists grappled with the mysteries of subatomic behavior
into the mid-1920s, hoping that the steady accretion of observed results
would lead them to the truth.

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Acerbic (Adjective)

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Meaning: Sharp, harsh, biting.
 Example: He was a captivating lecturer — feisty, acerbic and
challenging.

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Acidulous (Adjective)

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Meaning: Slightly sour; Sharp; caustic.
 Example: “Bosh!” was his acidulous comment “I’ve caught the same fish
in New Zealand in broad daylight.”

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Acme (Noun)

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Meaning: A high point - the highest point of any range, the most
developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or
historical period.
 Example: “Even though Donald Trump is no longer president, I believe
the latest round” of attacks are the acme of Trump’s rhetoric, she says.

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discernment

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ability to judge well

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Acumen (Noun)
Meaning: Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.  Example: He showed his business acumen by selling the compasses relatively cheaply and charging a healthy tuition fee to anyone who wanted to know how to use it.
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Adhere (Verb)
Meaning: To stick; to become joined or united.  Example: Converts were required to attend weekly meetings and to adhere to a strict code of conduct.
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Admonish (Verb)
Meaning: To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously  Example: And once more the court admonished the witness: “Answer yes or no, do you have an opinion?”
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Adulterate (Verb)
Meaning: To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.  Example: Shady dealers along the supply chain frequently adulterate olive oil with low-grade vegetable oils and add artificial coloring.
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Adumbrate (Verb)
Meaning: To give a vague outline.  Example: I muttered that in fragments, but the lines only adumbrated the longing without revealing its hidden fount.
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Adverse (Adjective)
Meaning: Unfavorable; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; working in an opposing direction.  Example: The prince should be on guard against them and fear them as if they were declared enemies, because they will always help to bring about his downfall in adverse times.
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Advocate (Verb)
Meaning: To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. 5  Example: That autumn, on October 14, 1964, I heard that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a policy of nonviolence.
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Aerie (Noun)
Meaning: The nest of a bird of prey; Any high and remote but commanding place.  Example: He ran full speed downhill for the West Branch of the Delaware, looking at rocks and trees for white streaks of bird excrement that marked a peregrine falcon aerie.
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Affable (Adjective)
Meaning: Friendly, courteous, sociable.  Example: A writer for Chicago magazine described Barack as “a tall, affable workaholic,” suggesting that he should someday run for office, an idea that he simply shrugged off.
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Affectation (Noun)
Meaning: An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.  Example: The Hymn is written objectively, simply, without a touch of affectation.
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Aggrandize (Verb)
 Meaning: To make great; to enlarge; to increase.  Example: Trump’s goal was to rid the place of Obama supporters and climate change analysts, and to aggrandize the oil and coal sectors.
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Alacrity (Noun)
 Meaning: A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness  Example: The soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
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Albeit (Conjunction)
Meaning: Although, despite  Example: He was making progress, albeit rather slowly
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Altruism (Noun)
Meaning: The principle of living and acting for the interest of others.  Example: The researchers discovered that when people are given a small stipend for donating blood rather than simply being praised for their altruism, they tend to donate less blood
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Ambivalent (Adjective)
Meaning: Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.  Example: He was vague and ambivalent on matters of policy.
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Ameliorate (Verb)
Meaning: To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.  Example: Why is the American healthcare system so woefully inadequate, and what, if anything, has been done to ameliorate this distressing state of affairs?
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Amenable (Adjective)
Meaning: Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.  Example: She said her peers wanted her to bend the rules, but she wasn’t amenable.
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Amiable (Adjective)
Meaning: Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like.  Example: His amiable North Country personality cloaked a sharp legal mind and soaring political ambition.
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Amortize (Verb)
Meaning: To wipe out a debt or liability gradually or in installments.  Example: He added that the cost of the show would be amortized over 13 episodes.
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Anachronism (Noun)
Meaning: A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.  Example: The show’s uniformly tall and thin models seem an anachronism in a world that increasingly celebrates body diversity
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Analgesia (Noun)
Meaning: Medication that acts to relieve pain  Example: “Along with the neglect of diagnosis, the lack of good analgesia marks Mother Teresa’s approach,” he wrote in an article for the journal.
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Analogous (Adjective)
Meaning: bearing some resemblance to something else. 8  Example: Churchill’s place in history’s purgatory is analogous to that of Jefferson, a flawed human who made the world better.
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Anarchy (Noun)
Meaning: A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government; Confusion; disorder.  Example: “Rules are needed even more now. Without them there is anarchy.”
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Anathema (Noun)
Meaning: Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody; a curse; a malediction.  Example: He had a notoriously high failure rate, which of course made him the anathema of Carter High School
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Annul (Verb
Meaning: To formally revoke the validity of; To dissolve marriage on the grounds that it is not valid.  Example: His desire to annul his existing marriage to Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne instead led to a split with the Roman Catholic church
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Anodyne (Noun)
Meaning: any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
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squalor
the state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.
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Anoint (Verb)
Meaning: To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially.  Example: The Golden Globes anointed two best pictures: La La Land for musical or comedy and Moonlight for drama.
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Anomaly (Noun)
Meaning: Something or someone that is strange or unusual.  Example: “My dad was the only Asian in like a hundred-mile radius. The next town over was like ninety-six percent African American, so I saw nonwhite people all the time, but I was definitely an anomaly.”
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Antagonize (Verb)
Meaning: To work against; to oppose 9  Example: They conducted their duties humbly and reticently, with a minimum of fuss, and went to great lengths not to antagonize anyone.
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Antedate (Verb)
Meaning: To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.  Example: However, most of the older residences in Fredericksburg antedate the fire, and are of an earlier Colonial period.
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Antipathy (Noun)
Meaning: A feeling of dislike (towards someone/something)  Example: I was also quite religious, and the party’s antipathy to religion put me off.
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Antithetical (Adjective)
Meaning: directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.  Example: His wrong-headed beliefs are antithetical to everything we stand for as a community.
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Apathy (Noun)
Meaning: Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something  Example: Despite congressional apathy and obstruction, the suffragists remained steadfast
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Apocryphal (Adjective)
Meaning: Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority.  Example: In one possibly apocryphal story, doctors once trained a homeless man to do routine lab tests because there was no one else available.
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Apostate (Noun)
Meaning: A person who has renounced a religion or faith.  Example: Labeling Mr. Daoud an apostate and “an enemy of religion,” he called on the Algerian state to impose a public execution of Mr. Daoud for the “war he is leading against God and the prophet.”
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Apostle (Noun)
Meaning: A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.  Example: As the apostle of publicity for publicity’s sake, Trump has adopted the practices of reality TV, building his reputation on insults, humiliation and a discourse of provocation and hate
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Appease (Verb)
Meaning: To make quiet; to calm; to dispel anger or hatred.  Example: “Let me explain, sir,” she began, trying to appease Nathan’s father.
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Appreciable (Adjective)
Meaning: Large enough to be estimated; perceptible; considerable.  Example: The sudden illness or death of farmers, spraymen, pilots, and others exposed to appreciable quantities of pesticides are tragic and should not occur.
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Apposite (Adjective)
Meaning: Well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.  Example: As Cole is an art connoisseur, it is apposite to compare his book with the old masters that he has studied.
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Apprise (Verb)
Meaning: To notify, or to make aware; to inform.  Example: She asked him, “Would you please wait until seven p.m., to allow me to apprise my corporate headquarters of recent developments?”
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Approbation (Noun)
Meaning: Approval or official recognition.  Example: Their cause enjoys such unquestioning approbation that few complain or even notice.
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Appropriate (Adjective)
Meaning: Suitable or fit; proper; socially correct.  Example: Remarkably, in the United States, a life sentence is deemed perfectly appropriate for someone whose only crime is a first-time drug offense.
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Arbiter (Noun)
Meaning: A person or object having the power of judging and determining.  Example: “He is the arbiter of all disputes and no provision is made for an appeal from his decision,” the Tribune reported.
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Arbitrary (Adjective)
Meaning: Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.  Example: The choice of coordinates is arbitrary; one can use any three well-defined spatial coordinates and any measure of time.
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Arcane (Adjective)
Meaning: Obscure, mysterious.  Example: The paper, with dozens of tables and arcane symbols to denote traits and variants, was challenging even for statisticians.
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Archaic (Adjective)
Meaning: Old-fashioned, no longer in ordinary use.  Example: I opened the book with some apprehension, wondering what archaic spelling and punctuation I would face.
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Ardent (Adjective)
Meaning: Expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.  Example: Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent, expectant woman—almost a bride, was a cold, solitary girl again: her life was pale; her prospects were desolate.
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Arduous (Adjective)
Meaning: Difficult; hard to climb.  Example: He is on his own journey, one that will be arduous and long, filled with missteps and stumbles
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Arrogate (Verb)
Meaning: To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.  Example: Success has either earned him that right, or else he arrogated it to himself.
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Articulate (Verb)
Meaning: To speak clearly; to explain.  Example: A million questions rush through her head and she cannot properly articulate any of them.
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Artifact (Noun)
Meaning: An object made or shaped by human hand or labor; something observed in a scientific investigation or experiment that is not naturally present but occurs as a result of the preparative or investigative procedure.  Example: The dig produced many Roman artifacts.
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Artless (Adjective)
Meaning: Free of artificiality; natural.  Example: This pendant has artless charm.
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Ascertain (Verb)
Meaning: To find out definitely; to discover or establish.  Example: As soon as we ascertain what the situation is, we can plan how to proceed.
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Ascetic (Noun)
Meaning: One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.  Example: Female ascetics find shelter in a wide variety of establishments and vary greatly in the degree to which they travel.
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Ascribe (Verb)
Meaning: To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.  Example: One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
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Aseptic (Adjective)
Meaning: Free of disease-causing microbes.  Example: The lack of aseptic tools during surgery has resulted in many deaths.
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Asperity (Noun)
Meaning: The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people; Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.  Example: Sir Richard’s asperity invariably made the young man more nervous.
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Aspersion (Noun)
Meaning: An attack on somebody's reputation or good name.  Example: Their influence has already cast aspersions and suspicions on many of the Democratic candidates for president
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Assail (Verb)
Meaning: To attack with harsh words or violent force. 13  Example: Our ears were assailed by her joyous efforts on her new saxophone.
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Assiduous (Adjective)
Meaning: Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.  Example: Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.
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Assuage (Verb)
Meaning: To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve.  Example: People tend to assuage their guilt by accusing others of their own transgressions.
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Attenuate (Verb)
Meaning: To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve hunger, emotion, pain etc.  Example: By the second wave in the fall, mutations had attenuated the coronavirus, many people were immune and drugs were shown effective in treating it and even in reducing infection.
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Attuned (Adjective)
Meaning: Having been changed to fit in with a particular context or to be in sync with a phenomenon.  Example: He was so attuned to my every movement I was sure he was reading my mind.
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Audacious (Adjective)
Meaning: Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.  Example: Taking an audacious step, he booked a train east, got off in Detroit, and somehow talked his way into a meeting with Will Durant, chief of Buick Automobiles and future founder of General Motors.
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Augment (Verb)
Meaning: To grow; to increase; to become greater.  Example: The augmented piles of clothes have been put away, and the windows have been opened to dispel the diminished air.
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Augury (Noun)
Augury (Noun)  Meaning: An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. 14  Example: The auguries of the imminent government spending review all suggest that the cuts will fall disproportionately upon those already most economically disadvantaged.
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August (Adjective)
Meaning: Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.  Example: As early as 1932, Sproul sponsored him for membership in the Bohemian Club, the most august organization of prominent citizens in San Francisco.
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Austere (Adjective)
Meaning: Grim or severe in manner or appearance; lacking decoration.  Example: The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
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Autonomous (Adjective)
Meaning: Acting on one's own or independently.  Example: It is amazing that such an institution, exerting so much influence on academic science, has been able to remain so absolutely autonomous.
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Avarice (Noun)
Avarice (Noun)Meaning: Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth.  Example: I ask the teacher what he thinks about Leo Tolstoy's relationship to the church, which excommunicated him after he denounced their bureaucracy, rituals and avarice.
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Aver (Verb)
Meaning: To assert the truth of something; to affirm something with confidence; to declare something in a positive manner.  Example: Many politicians, she averred, have little information or understanding of the issue.
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Avert (Verb)
Meaning: To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.  Example: How can the danger be averted?
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Avid (Adjective)
Meaning: Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something  Example: He is an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies.
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Axiom (Noun)
Meaning: An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.  Example: The axiom that a man is innocent until proved guilty by a court of law has been flagrantly ignored once again in the State of Mississippi.
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abash
cause to be embarrased
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abbreviate
shorten
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abet
assist or encourage usually in wrongdoing
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abiding
lasting a long time; enduring.
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abject
(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. "his letter plunged her into abject misery" 2. (of a person or their behaviour) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
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abnegate
renounce or reject (something desired or valuable).
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abominate
detest loathe
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above board
legitimate, honest, and open.
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abrade
scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
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absolute
perfect or complete or pure
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absolve
declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
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abstemious
indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink.
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abstruse
difficult to understand
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abut
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
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abysmal
exceptionally bad or displeasing
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acclimate
get used to a certain environment
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accolade
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
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accost
approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
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accrete
grow together (of plants and organs)
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achromatic
having no hue
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acquiesce
agree or express agreement
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acrid
strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
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acrimonious
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
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addendum
textual matter that is appended to the end of a publication
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adjourn
close at the end of a session
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adjunct
something added to another thing but not essential to it
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ad-lib
perform without preparation
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adulate
praise (someone) excessively.
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adventitious
happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than design or inherent nature.coming from outside; not native.
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adversary
one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.
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advert
advertisement
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affidavit
written declaration made under oath
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affinity
a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
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affluent
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
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aggravate
make worse
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aggrieve
cause to feel distress
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agog
highly excited
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agrarian
relating to rural matters
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allay
lessen the intensity of or calm
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allegiance
the act of binding yourself to a course of action
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alliterate
contain words which begin with the same sound or letter.
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allude
make an indirect reference to
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allure
the power to entice or attract
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amble
walk leisurely
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ambrosial
worthy of the gods
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amicable
characterized by friendship and good will
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amity
a state of friendship and cordiality
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amorphous
having no definite form or distinct shape
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anarchist
an advocate of the abolition of governments
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ancillary
providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc
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anecdote
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.an account regarded as unreliable or hearsay.the depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting.
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animus
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
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annals
a chronological account of events in successive years
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antediluvian
of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood. ridiculously old-fashioned.
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anterior
of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
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anthology
a collection of selected literary passages
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aphorism
observation which contains a general truth.
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pithy
terse and vigorously expressive.
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apophasis
mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned