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To shorten a word, phrase, or text; to reduce (a word or name) to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole.
Abstinence
The practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable.
Adulation
Extreme or excessive admiration or flattery.
Adversity
A state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune.
Aesthetic
Beautiful or pleasing in appearance; pleasing to the senses; done or made to improve a person's appearance.
Amicable
Characterized by friendly goodwill.
Anachronistic
An error in chronology; a person or thing that is chronologically out of place.
Anecdote
A short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident.
Anonymous
Of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability.
Antagonist
One that contends with or opposes another.
arid
excessively dry; lacking in interest and life
assiduous
showing great care, attention, and effort; unremitting attention or persistent application
asylum
a place of refuge and protection; security afforded by asylum; protection from arrest and extradition given especially to political refugees by a nation or embassy
benevolent
marked by or disposed to doing good; organized for the purpose of doing good; goodwill.
camaraderie
a spirit of friendly good-fellowship.
censure
a judgement involving condemnation; the act of blaming or condemning sternly.
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