Vocab Words 1

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Acquiesce

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V: to submit or comply silently

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Abrasive

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N: any material used for polishing
Adj: tending to annoy; causing abrasion

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Adulation

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N: excessive flattery or admiration

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Aesthetic

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Adj: pertaining to a sense of the Beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty

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Affluent

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Adj: wealthy

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Alacrity

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N: cheerful readiness, promptness, willingness

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Alleviate

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V: to make easier to endure

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Altruism

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N: the practice of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Ambulatory

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Adj: pertaining to or capable of walking

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Amity

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N: friendship; peaceful harmony

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Anachronism

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Adj: pertaining to something out of historical (chronological) order

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Analgesic

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N: a remedy that relieves pain

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Anecdote

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N: a short, amusing story, often biographical

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Anomaly

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N: a deviation from the rule, something odd, strange or out of place

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Antediluvian

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Adj: from before (Noah’s) flood