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abacus

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frame with balls for calculating

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abate

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to lessen to subside

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abdication

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giving up control authority

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aberration

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straying away from what is normal

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abet

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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)

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abeyance

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suspended action

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abhor

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to hate to detest

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abide

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be faithful to endure

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abjure

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promise or swear to give up

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abraded

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rubbed off worn away by friction

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abrogate

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repeal or annul by authority

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abscond

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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

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abstruse

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difficult to comprehend obscure

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abut

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border on

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abysmal

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bottomless extreme

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acarpous

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effete no longer fertile worn out

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acclaimed

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welcomed with shouts and approval

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accolade

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praise approval

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accretion

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the growing of separate things into one

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adamant

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kind of stone inflexible

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admonitory

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containing warning

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adorn

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add beauty decorate

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adulteration

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making unpure poorer in quality

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affable

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polite and friendly

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affinity

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close connection relationship

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aggravate

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make worse irritate

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agile

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active quick-moving

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agog

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eager/excited

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ail

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trouble be ill

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alacrity

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eager and cheerful readiness

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alcove

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recess/partially enclosed place

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allegiance

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duty support loyalty

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alleviate

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make (pain) easier to bear

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alloy

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to debase by mixing with something inferior

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aloof

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reserved indifferent

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amalgamate

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mix combine unite societies

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ambidextrous

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able to use the left hand or the right equally well

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ambiguous

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doubtful uncertain

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ambivalent

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having both of two contrary meanings

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ameliorate

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improve make better

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amortize

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end (a debt) by setting aside money

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anguish

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severe suffering

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animosity

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strong dislike

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antidote

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medicine used against a poison or a disease

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antithetical

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direct opposing

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apartheid

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brutal racial discrimination

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aplomb

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self-confidence

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apostate

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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

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apotheosis

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deification glorification to godliness

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appease

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make quiet or calm

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apprehensive

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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future

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apprise

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give notice to inform

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approbation

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approval

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apropos

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appropriate to the situation apt

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apt

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well-suited quick-witted

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arabesque

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a complex ornate design

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arboreal

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of connected with trees

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ardor

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enthusiasm

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arduous

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steep difficult ascent laborious

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argot

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jargon slang

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arrant

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in the highest degree

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arrogance

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proud superior manner of behaviour

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articulate

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speak distinctly connect by joints

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ascend

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go or come up

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ascertain

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get to know

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ascetic

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practicing self-denial austere stark

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ascribe

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consider to be the origin of or belonging to

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aseptic

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surgically clean

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asperity

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roughness harshness ill temper irritability

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aspersion

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slander

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assail

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with attack violently

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assiduous

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diligent hard-working sedulous

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assuage

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make smth (pain desire) less

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asterisk

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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

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astringent

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substance that shrinks

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astute

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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage

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atonement

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repayment death of Jesus

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attenuate

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make thin. weaken enervate

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attune

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bring into harmony

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audacious

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daring foolishly bold impudent

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augury

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omen sign

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august

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majestic venerable

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auspicious

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favorable successful prosperous

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austere

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severely moral and strict simple and plain

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auxiliary

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helping supporting

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aver

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affirm assert prove justify

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aversion

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strong dislike

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avid

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eager greedy

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avow

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admit. Declare openly