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abate

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To Lessen in intensity or degree

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Aberrant

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deviating from the norm

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abjure

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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid

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abrogate

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to abolish or annul by authority; put down

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abscission

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act of cutting off or removing

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abscound

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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide.

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abstain

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to refrain from an activity

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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accolade

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an expression of praise; an award

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accretion

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increase by successive addition, build up

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acerbic

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having a sour or bitter tastadulatione or character

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acumen

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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight.

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admonish

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to reprove; to express warning or disapproval

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adroit

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adept, dexterous

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adulation

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excessive praise; intense adoration

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adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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adumbrate

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to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily

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advocate

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to argue for or support a cause

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asethetic

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deal with, appreciative of, or responsive of the art or the beautiful

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aggrandize

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to increase in intensity, power or prestigo, to make appear greater

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alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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alchemy

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a magical or wonderful transformation

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alloy

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to commingle, to debase by mixing with something inferior

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amalgamate

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to combine several elements into a whole

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ambiguity

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uncertainty in meaning

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ambivalence

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the quality of having opposing ideas or feelings

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ameliograte

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to make better or more tolerable

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amenable

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agreeable, responsive to suggestion

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anachronism

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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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anathema

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a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing.

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anogyne

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soothing

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anomaly

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deviation from the normal order form or rule, abnormality

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antagonize

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to irritate or cause hostility

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antipathy

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aversion; dislike

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antithetical

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diametrically opposed, as in antithesis

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apathy

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lack of interest or feeling

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apocryphal

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of dubious authenticity or original spurious

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apogee

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farthest or highest point, culmination, zenith

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apostate

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one who abandons long held religious or political conviction, a betrayer of a cause

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apotheosis

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deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example

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apposite

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pertinent, relevant, apropos

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apprise

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give notice to inform

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approbation

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an expression of approval or praise

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appropriate

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to take for one’s own use confiscate`

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arabesque

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complex, ornate design

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arcane

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mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates

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archaic

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outdated; associated with an earlier perhaps more primitive time

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arduous

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strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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arrant

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impudent; in every way, being completely such, bare faced, utter

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arrest

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to suspend, to engage

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articulate

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to enunciate or pronounce clearly; to express oneself clearly

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artless

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completely without guile; natural, without artificiality

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ascetic

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one who practices rigid self denial, especially as an act of religious dvotion

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asperity

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severity, rigor, roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability,

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aspersion

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an act of defamation or maligning

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assiduous

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diligent, hardworking

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assuage

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to ease or lessen, to appease or pacify

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astrigent

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having a tightening effect on living tissue, harsh, sever

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attenuate

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ti rarefy, weaken or make thinner lessen

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audacious

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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augury

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omen, portent, the reading of omen

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august

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venerable

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auspice

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protection or support, patronage or it can mean sign or portent

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auspicious

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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

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austere

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without adornment; bare sever simple ascetic

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avarice

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greed, especially for wealth

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aver

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to state as a fact, to confirm or support

68
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axiom

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a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying

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