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Accolades

lemonade

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(they received accolades for their lemonade)

Awards or honors, noun

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Abhor

chore

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(the booker boys Abhorred doing chores)

To hate. (verb)

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Abridge

bridge

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(an abridged bridge)

To shorten. (Verb)

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Abstruse

moose

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(his friends consider mike the moose to be very abstruse)

Hard to understand. (adjective)

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Abut

butt

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(abutting butts)

To be touching/right next to.

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Adjunct

add junk

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(the tank driver added junk as an adjunct to his tank)

Something connected or added to another: noun

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Affidavit

after david

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(after David slew Goliath, he made an affidavit not to further hurt any big guys)
Sworn written statement: noun

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Affinity

fin tea

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(the Chinese have an affinity for shark fin soup and shark fin tea)
A natural attraction and a talent in: noun.

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Ajar

jar

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(The jar is ajar)

Partially Open, adjective

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Alienate

alien ate

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(The chief alien ate all the ice cream and was alienated by his crew)
To make feel separated/left out of group,verb

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Aggrandize

grand eyes

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(ladies acquire grand eyes with mascara to aggrandize their eyes)
To make something seem bigger and better, verb

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Aftermath

after math

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(after doing the math for calculating the A-bomb he lived to see the aftermath)
Result of what happened, noun

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Ballistic

lipstick

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(ballistic lipstick)

The study of projectiles, noun

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Amenable

mean bull

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(the matador tried to be amenable to the mean bull)

Pleasant or agreeable: adjective

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Ambiance

ambulance

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(George doesn’t enjoy the ambiance of this ambulance)

The felling ,atmosphere: noun

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Altercation

altar

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(an altercation at the alter)

A fight: noun

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Balm

palm

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(theres nothing like a balmy breeze whispering through palm trees)
Something that soothes or is comfortable, noun

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Beleaguer

big leaguer

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(the little leaguers Beleaguered the big leaguer)

To harass, verb

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Blather

lather

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(the women blathered until their mouths lathered)

To talk nonsensically, verb

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Bucolic

bulls frolic

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(bulls frolic when a farm is bucolic)

Rural, rustic, country like: adjective

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Catharsis

cats and horses

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(cats and horses catharsis)

An emotional relief: noun

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Capacious

cap spacious

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(a spacious cap is capacious)

Roomy: adjective

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Cajole

parole

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(jimmy the geek is trying to cajole to warden to give him parole)
To persuade someone to do something they don’t want to: verb

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Cache

cash

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(the escaped prisoner recovered the cash from his cache)

A hiding place: noun

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