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Baleful

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Threatening, hurtful or ominous

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Augment

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To make or become greater

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Attrition

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Gradual reduction or weakening

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Atone

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To make amends

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Assail

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Attack violently

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Apex

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Highest point, peak

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Appease

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To food, to pacifier, to relieve by giving into

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Armament

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Military supplies and/or weapons, process of arming for war

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Ascribe

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To a tribute to a specific cause, source or origin

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Asinine

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Silly, stupid

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Abashed

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Ashamed or embarrassed

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Adherent

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Follower, supporter

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Addict

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To devote ones self habitually or compulsively

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Accrue

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To accumulate over time

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Acme

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Highest point, the best

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Accountable

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Responsible, liable

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Abide

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To remain, continue, stay, endure

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Abate

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To reduce

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Abstract

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Difficult to understand, not concrete

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Ablution

A

Cleansing with water or other liquid

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Ambulatory

A

Able to walk

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Adroit

A

Skillful, deft

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Aesthetic

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Artistic beauty

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Annex

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To stack or attach

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Animosity

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Hostile, angry, aggression

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Ancillary

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Helping, providing assistance

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Agog

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Highly excited, eager

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Ambivalence

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Indecision, Uncertainty

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Annals

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Descriptive history, recording

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Animated

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Lively, energetic, active

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Balk

A

Recoil, shy away

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Bandy

A

Exchange

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Barrage

A

Devastating military fire

34
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Battery

A

Beating someone/something

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Bauble

A

Inexpensive ornament

36
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Bedlam

A

Mayhem, chaos

37
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Bevy

A

Groups of animals

38
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Bland

A

Dull

39
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Benighted

A

Ignorant, enlightened

40
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Bequest

A

Inheritance