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abase   lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect  
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abash   embarrass  
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abate   subside or moderate  
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abbreviate   shorten  
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abdicate   renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)  
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aberrant   abnormal or deviant  
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aberration   deviation from the normal; mental disorder  
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abet   assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage  
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abeyance   suspended action  
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abhor   detest; hate  
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abide   dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people.  
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abject   (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology  
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abjure   renounce upon oath  
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ablution   washing  
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abnegation   renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation  
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abode   dwelling place; home  
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abolish   cancel; put an end to  
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abominable   detestable; extremely unpleasant  
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abominate   loathe; hate  
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aboriginal   being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine  
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abortive   unsuccessful; fruitless  
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abrasive   rubbing away; tending to grind down  
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abridge   condense or shorten  
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abrogate   abolish  
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abscission   cutting off; separation  
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abscond   depart secretly and hide  
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absolute   complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism  
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absolve   pardon (an offense)  
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abstain   refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote;  
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abstemious   sparing in eating and drinking; temperate  
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abstinence   restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote  
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abstract   theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational  
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abstruse   obscure; profound; difficult to understand  
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abusive   coarsely insulting; physically harmful  
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abut   border upon; adjoin  
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abysmal   bottomless  
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abyss   enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit  
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academic   related to a school; not practical or directly useful  
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accede   agree  
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accelerate   move faster  
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accessible   easy to approach; obtainable  
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accessory   additional object; useful but not essential thing  
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acclaim   applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise  
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acclimate   adjust to climate or environment; adapt  
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acclivity   sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity  
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accolade   award of merit; strong praise and approval  
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accommodate   oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging  
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accomplice   partner in crime  
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accord   agreement  
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accost   approach and speak first to a person  
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accoutre   equip; N. accoutrement  
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accretion   growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete  
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accrue   come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual  
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acerbity   bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone)  
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acetic   vinegary  
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acidulous   slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic  
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acknowledge   recognize; admit  
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acme   peak; pinnacle; highest point  
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acne   skin disease (on the face)  
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acoustics   science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in  
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acquiesce   assent; agree passively; comply without protest  
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acquittal   deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner  
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acrid   bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent  
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acrimonious   stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior  
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acrophobia   fear of heights  
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actuarial   calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics  
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actuary   someone who advises insurance companies  
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actuate   motivate; activate; cause to act  
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acuity   sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)  
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acumen   mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen  
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acute   (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain  
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adage   wise saying; proverb  
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adamant   hard; inflexible  
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adapt   make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.  
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addendum   addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)  
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addiction   compulsive habitual need  
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addle   make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg)  
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address   direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech  
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adept   expert at; very skilled  
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adhere   stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality  
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adherent   supporter; follower  
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adjacent   adjoining; neighboring; close by  
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adjoin   be next to  
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adjourn   suspend until a later time; move from one place to another  
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adjunct   something attached to but holding an inferior position  
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adjuration   solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly  
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adjutant   staff officer assisting the commander; assistant  
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admonish   warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove  
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adore   love deeply and respect highly  
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adorn   decorate  
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adroit   skillful (in using mind or hand)  
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adulation   flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved  
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adulterate   make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances  
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Advent   arrival  
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adventitious   accidental; casual; happening by chance  
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adversary   opponent; enemy  
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adverse   going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile  
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adversity   great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event  
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advert   refer  
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advocacy   support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something  
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advocate   speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for  
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aegis   shield; protection; defense  
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aerie   nest of a large bird of prey  
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aesthetic   artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics  
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affable   easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly  
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affected   artificial; pretended  
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affidavit   written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)  
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affiliation   joining; associating with  
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affinity   feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages  
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affirmation   positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination  
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affliction   state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on  
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affluence   abundance; wealth  
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affront   insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally  
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afterlife   life after death; later part of one's life  
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agape   openmouthed  
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agenda   items of business at a meeting  
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agglomeration   collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap  
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aggrandize   make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement  
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aggregate   sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars  
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aghast   filled with great surprise or fear; horrified  
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agility   nimbleness; ability to move quickly  
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agitate   stir up; disturb  
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agnostic   one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality  
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agog   highly excited; intensely curious  
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agrarian   pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform  
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airy   of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal  
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alacrity   cheerful promptness without reluctance  
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alchemy   medieval chemistry  
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alcove   nook; recess  
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alias   an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias  
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alienate   make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of  
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alimentary   supplying nourishment  
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alimony   payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce  
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allay   calm; pacify  
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allege   state without proof  
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allegiance   loyalty  
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allegory   story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable  
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alleviate   relieve (pain)  
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alliteration   repetition of beginning sound in poetry  
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allocate   assign; set apart for a particular purpose  
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alloy   mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness  
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allude   refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference  
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allure   entice; attract; tempt  
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alluvial   pertaining to soil deposits left by running water  
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alms   money or goods given to the poor  
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aloft   upward; high up in the air  
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aloof   apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.  
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altercation   noisy quarrel  
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altruistic   unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism  
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amalgam   combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth  
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amalgamate   (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body  
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amass   collect (gradually, in a very large amount)  
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amazon   female warrior  
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ambidextrous   capable of using either hand with equal ease  
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ambience   environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature  
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ambiguous   unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation  
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ambivalence   the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions  
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amble   walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly  
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ambrosia   food of the gods  
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ambulatory   able to walk  
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ambush   act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie in ambush; V.  
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ameliorate   improve  
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amenable   obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests  
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amend   correct; change ; generally for the better  
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amenities   convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies  
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amiable   agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly  
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amicable   peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement  
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amiss   wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.  
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amity   friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations  
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amnesia   loss of memory  
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amnesty   pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)  
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amok(amuck)   in a state of rage; Ex. run amok  
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amoral   nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong  
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amorous   moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances  
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amorphous   formless; lacking shape or definition  
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amphibian   able to live both on land and in water; N.  
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amphitheater   oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena  
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ample   enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space  
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amplify   increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph  
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amputate   cut off part of body; prune (a limb)  
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amulet   charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck  
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anachronism   an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic  
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analgesia   condition of being unable to feel pain  
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analgesic   causing insensitivity to pain; N.  
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analogous   comparable; similar  
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analogy   similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things  
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anarchist   person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority  
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anarchy   absence of governing body; state of disorder  
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anathema   solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize  
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ancestry   family descent; ADJ. ancestral  
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anchor   secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage  
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ancillary   serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.  
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anecdote   short story of an amusing or interesting event  
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anemia   condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; ADJ. anemic  
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anesthetic   substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia  
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anguish   acute pain; extreme suffering  
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angular   sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner  
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animadversion   critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval  
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animated   lively; spirited  
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animosity   active enmity  
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animus   hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition  
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annals   records arranged in yearly parts; history  
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anneal   reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)  
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annex   attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one  
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annihilate   destroy  
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annotate   comment; make explanatory notes  
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annuity   yearly allowance  
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annul   make void  
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anodyne   drug that relieves pain or trouble;opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement  
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anoint   consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)  
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anomalous   abnormal; irregular  
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anomaly   irregularity  
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anonymity   state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous  
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antagonism   hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist  
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antecede   precede  
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antecedents   preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background  
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antediluvian   antiquated; extremely ancient  
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anthem   song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national anthem  
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anthology   book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus  
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anthropoid   manlike; resembling a human being; N.  
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anthropologist   student of the history and science of humankind  
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anthropomorphic   having human form or characteristics  
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anticlimax   letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting  
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antidote   remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles  
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antipathy   aversion; dislike or opposition  
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antiquated   obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated  
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antique   made in an earlier period and usu. valuable; N: object that was made in an earlier period and that is rare or valuable  
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antiquity   quality of being very old; ancient times;  
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antiseptic   substance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ.  
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antithesis   contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical  
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antler   bony growth on the head of a deer  
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anvil   iron block used in hammering out metals  
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apathy   lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic  
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ape   imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)  
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aperture   opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light  
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apex   tip; summit; climax; highest point  
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aphasia   loss of speech due to injury or illness  
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aphorism   pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic  
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apiarist   person who keeps bees  
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apiary   a place where bees are kept  
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apiculture   bee-keeping  
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aplomb   poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence  
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apocalyptic   prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse  
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apocryphal   (of a story) widely believed but untrue  
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apogee   highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee  
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apolitical   having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs  
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apologist   one who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia  
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apoplexy   stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain  
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apostate   one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy  
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apothecary   druggist; pharmacist  
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apothegm   pithy, compact saying  
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apotheosis   elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something  
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appall   dismay; shock deeply  
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apparent   evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement  
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apparition   ghost; phantom  
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appease   pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement  
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appellation   name; title  
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append   attach  
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application   diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself  
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apposite   appropriate; fitting  
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appraise   estimate value of; N. appraisal  
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appreciate   be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference  
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apprehend   arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension  
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apprehensive   fearful; discerning  
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apprise   inform  
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approbation   approval  
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appropriate   acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate  
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appurtenances   subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing  
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apropos   with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.  
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aptitude   fitness; talent  
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aquiline   curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose  
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arable   fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land  
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arbiter   person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware  
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arbitrary   unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler  
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arbitrate   act as judge (at the request of both sides)  
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arboreal   of or living in trees  
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arboretum   place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited  
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arcade   a covered passageway usually lined with shops  
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arcane   esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener  
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arch-   chief; first; Ex. archbishop  
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archaeology   study of artifacts and relics of early mankind  
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archaic   antiquated; no longer used; belonging to the past; N.  
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archetype   prototype; primitive pattern  
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archipelago   group of closely located islands  
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archives   public records; place where public records are kept  
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ardor   heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent  
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arduous   hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work  
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argot   slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people  
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aria   operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio  
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arid   (of land) dry; barren; unproductive  
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aristocracy   hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat  
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armada   fleet of warships  
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aromatic   fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell  
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arraign   charge in court; indict  
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array   marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array  
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arrears   being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done  
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arrhythmic   lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia  
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arrogance   pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people)  
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