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1
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alleviate

A

relieve

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alliteration

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repetition of beginning sound in poetry

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allocate

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assign

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allude

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refer indirectly

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allure

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entice, attract

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allusion

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indirect reference

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aloft

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upward

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aloof

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apart, reserved

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altercation

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noisy quarrel, heated dispute

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altruistic

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unselfishly, generous

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amalgamate

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combine, unite one body

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amass

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collect

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ambidextrous

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capable of using either hand with equal ease

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ambience

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environment, atmosphere

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ambiguous

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unclear, doubtful

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ambivalence

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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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ambulatory

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able to walk, not bedridden

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ameliorate

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improve

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amenable

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readily managed, willing to be led

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amend

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correct, change for the better

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amiable

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agreeable, lovable, warmly friendly

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amicable

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politely friendly, not quarrelsome

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amity

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friendship

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amnesia

A

loss of memory

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amnesty

A

pardon

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amoral

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nonmoral

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amorous

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moved by sexual love, loving

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amorphous

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formless, lacking shape or definition

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amphibian

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able to live both on land and in water

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ample

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abundant

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amplify

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increase in volume or intensity

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amputate

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cut off part of the body, prune

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anachronistic

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having error involving time in a story

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analogous

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comparable

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analogy

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parallelism similarity

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anarchist

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person who seeks the overturn off the established government, advocate for abolishing authority

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ancestry

A

family descent

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anchor

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secure or fasten firmly

39
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anecdote

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short account of an amusing or interesting event

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anemia

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condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

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anesthetic

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substance that removes sensation without loss of consciousness

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anguish

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acute pain, extreme suffering

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angular

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sharp corner, stiff in manner

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animated

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lively, made to appear to move as if it were alive

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animosity

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active enmity

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annex

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attach, take possession of

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annihhilate

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destroy

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annotate

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comment, make explanatory notes

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annul

A

make void

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anomalous

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abnomal, irregular

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