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Abash

to make ashamed; to embarrass

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Abate

to subside; to reduce

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Abdicate

to step down from a position of power or responsibility

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Aberration

something not typical; a deviation from the standard

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Abhor

to hate very, very much; to detest

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Abject

hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated

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Abnegate

to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

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Abortive

unsuccessful

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Abridge

to shorten; to condense

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Absolute

total; unlimited

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Absolve

to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

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Abstinent

abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation

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Abstract

theoretical; impersonal

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Abstruse

hard to understand

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Abysmal

extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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Accolade

an award; an honor

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Accost

to approach and to speak to someone aggressively

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Acerbic

sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood, or tone

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Acquiesce

to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree

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Acrid

harshly pungent; bitter

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Acrimonious

full of spite; bitter; nasty

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Acumen

keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

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Acute

sharp; shrewd

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Adamant

stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible

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Address

to speak to; to direct one's attention to

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Adherent

a follower; supporter; believer

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Admonish

to scold gently; to warn

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Adroit

skillfull; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease

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Adulation

wild or excessive admiration; flattery

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Adulterate

to contaminate; to make impure

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Adverse

unfavorable, antagonistic

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Aesthetic

having to do with artistic beauty; artistic

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Affable

easy to talk to; friendly

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Affectation

unnatural or artificial behavior; usually intended to impress

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Affinity

sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

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Affluent

rich; prosperous

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Agenda

program; the things to be done

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Aggregate

sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together

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Agnostic

one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven

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Agrarian

Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land

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Alacrity

Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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Allege

To assert without proof

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Alleviate

To relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

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Allocate

to distribute; to assign; to allot

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Alloy

A combination of two or more things, usually metals

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Allusion

An indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint

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Aloof

uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance

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Altruism

selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

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Ambience

Atmosphere; mood; feeling

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Ambiguous

unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

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Ambivalent

undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously

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Ameliorate

to make better or more tolerable

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Amenable

obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

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Amenity

pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

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Amiable

friendly; agreeable

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Amnesty

an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

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Amoral

lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

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Amorous

feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love

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Amorphous

shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike

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Anachronism

something out of place in time or history; an incongruity in time

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Analogy

a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

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Anarchy

Absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

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Anecdote

A short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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Anguish

agonizing physical or mental pain

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Animosity

resentment; hostility; ill will

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Anomaly

an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation

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Antecedent

someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it

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Antipathy

firm dislike; a dislike

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Antithesis

the direct opposite

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Apartheid

the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa

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Apathy

lack of interest; lack of feeling

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Aphorism

a brief, often witty saying; a proverb

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Apocalypse

a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world

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Apocryphal

of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

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Apotheosis

elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

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Appease

to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

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Appreciate

to increase in value

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Apprehensive

worried; anxious

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Approbation

approval; praise

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Appropriate

to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

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Aptitude

capacity for learning; natural ability

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Arbiter

one who decides; a judge

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Arbitrary

random; capricious

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Arcane

mysterious; known only to a select few

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Archaic

extremely old; ancient; outdated

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Archetype

an original model or pattern

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Ardent

passionate; enthusiastic

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Arduous

hard; difficult

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Aristocratic

of noble birth; snobbish

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Artful

crafty; wily; sly

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Artifice

a clever trick; cunning

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Ascendancy

supremacy; domination

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Ascetic

hermitlike; practicing self-denial

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Assiduous

hardworking;busy;quite dilligent

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Assimilate

to take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly

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Assuage

to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

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Astute

shrewd; keen in judgment

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Atheist

one who does not believe in the existence of any god or divine being

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Attrition

a gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size

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Audacity

boldness; reckless daring; impertinence