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1
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Abate

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Reduce or diminsh
ex)her stressover spending so much money on a house abated when the real estate broker told her about the property tax abatement

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Aberration, Anomaly

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Something that stands out or is abnormal
ex) the election of a liberal in the conservative county was an aberration (or anomaly) made possible only by the sudden..

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Accord

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Agreement

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Acquisitiviness

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Desire to acquire more especially an excessive desire

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5
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Acreage

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Land measured in acres

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Advent

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Arrival

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Ambivalent

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uncertain

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8
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Amoritize

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gradually pay off a dbet

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Analogous

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Correspoinding in a particular way

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10
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Annual

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Cancel

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11
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Annoint

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to rub or sprinkle on

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12
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Antitthetical

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Totally opposed to; opposite

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13
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Arbiter

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Judge, umpire person empowered to decide matters on hand

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14
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befall

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happen to

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15
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belie

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contradict or misprepresent

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16
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benevolent

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expressing goodwill helping others or charity

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17
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benign

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harmless, king or benificial, not cancerous

18
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blight

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disease that kills plants rapidly

19
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bolster

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strengthen

20
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Brook

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suffer or tolerate

21
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bygone

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past, former

22
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cannon

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body of accepted rules standards or artistic works.

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coalesce

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come together unite

24
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coercian

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force, use of pressure, threats etc

25
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cogent

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very convincing logical

26
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copious

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plentiful

27
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countenance

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approve or tolerate

28
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debase

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degrade lower in quality value rank

29
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delimit

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mark fix or define boundary

30
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denote

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be a name or symbol for

31
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deride

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mock scoff at laugh at

32
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dichotomy

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dvision into two parts or into contracdictory groups

33
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divest

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deprive or strip of rank

34
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dovetail

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join or fit together

35
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dubious

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doubtful quesitonable

36
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eclectic

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selecting the best of everything or coming from many diverse sources

37
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egalitarian

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related to belief in the equality of all ppl

38
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enigma

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puzzle myster riddle

39
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equitable

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equal fair just

40
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erroneous

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mistaken in error

41
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expediaent

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suitable proper

42
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fledgling

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new or inexperiencesd

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