Vocab A

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Aberrant

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Adj deviating from the norm

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Abate

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V to lessen in intensity or degree

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Abjure

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V to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid

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Abrogate

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V to abolish or annul by authority; put down

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Abscond

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V to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Accolade

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N an expression of praise; an award

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Accretion

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N growth, increase by successive addition

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Acerbic

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Adj having sour or bitter taste or character

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Acumen

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N a quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight

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Admonish

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V to reprove; to express warning or disapproval

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Adroit

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Adj adept, dexterous

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Adulation

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N excessive praise; intense adoration

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Adulterate

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V to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Adumbrate

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V to foreshadow vaguely, intimate,suggest or outline sketchily

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Aggrandize

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V to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater

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Alacrity

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N eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Alloy

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V to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

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Amalgamate

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V to combine several elements into a whole

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Ambivalence

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N the quality of having opposing ideas or feelings

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Ameliorate

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V to make better or more tolerable

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Amenable

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Adj agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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N something or someone out of place In terms of historical or chronological context

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Anathema

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

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Anodyne

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Adj soothing

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Antipathy

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N aversion, dislike

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Antithetical

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Adj diametrically opposed, as in antithesis ( the opposite of something)

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Apocryphal

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Adj of dubious authe to city or origin; spurious

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Apogee

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N farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith | Perigee - lowest or closest point

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Apostate

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N one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause

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Apotheosis

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N deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example

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Apposite

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Adj appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos

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Apprise

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V give notice to, inform

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Approbation

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N an expression of approval or praise

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Appropriate

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V to take for ones own use, confiscate

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Arabesque

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N complex, ornate design

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Arcane

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Adj mysterious, abstruse,esoteric, knowable only to initiates

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Arduous

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Adj strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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Arrant

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

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Artless

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Adj completely without guile; natural, without artificiality

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Ascetic

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N one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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Asperity

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N severity, rigor; roughness,harshness; acrimony, irritability

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Aspersion

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N an act of defamation or maligning

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Assiduous

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Adj diligent, hard-working

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Assuage

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V to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Astringent

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Adj having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe

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Attenuate

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V to rarely, weaken or make thinner, lessen

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Audacious

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Adj daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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Augury

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N omen, portent, the reading if omens

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August

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Adj majestic, venerable

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Auspice

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N protection or support, patronage

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Auspicious

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Adj favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

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Austere

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Adj without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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Avarice

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N greed, especially for wealth

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Aver

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V to state as a fact; to confirm or support

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Axiom

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N a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying