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Adulation - Amend

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Definition
Adulation   flattery; high praise  
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Adulterate   to corrupt or make impure  
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Advent   arrival  
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Adventitious   accidental; casual  
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Adversary   an opponent; an enemy  
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Adverse   unfavorable; hostile  
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Adversity   poverty; misfortune  
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Advert   to refer: to remark or comment  
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Advocacy   act of supporting, pleading, or recommending  
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Advocate   to urge; to speak in favor of  
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Aegis   shield; defense  
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Aerie   nook or bird nest built high in the air  
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Aesthetic   artistic; pertaining to beauty or art  
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Affable   approachable; friendly  
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Affected   artificial; pretentious  
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Affidavit   written statement made under oath  
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Affiliation   act of joining; state of being associated  
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Affinity   fondness; liking; similarity (kinship)  
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Affirmation   positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath  
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Affix   to attach or add on; to fasten  
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Affliction   state of distress; cause of suffering  
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Affluence   abundance; wealth  
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Affront   to insult; to cause offense to  
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Agape   open-mouthed  
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Agenda   items of business at a meeting  
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Agglomeration   process of collecting; a heap or cluster  
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Aggrandize   to make larger or greater in power  
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Aggregate   to gather; to accumulate  
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Aggressor   an attacker  
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Aghast   horrified  
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Agility   moving quickly and easily: nimbleness; ability to think and draw conclusions quickly: intellectual acuity  
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Agitate   to shake; to disturb  
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Agnostic   one who is skeptical of the existence of a god  
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Agog   eager; keen; full of excitement or interest  
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Agrarian   pertaining to land or its cultivation  
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Alacrity   cheerful promptness; eagerness  
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Alchemy   medieval chemistry  
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Alcove   nook; recess  
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Alias   an assumed name; moniker  
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Alienate   to separate; to make hostile  
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Alimentary   providing nourishment  
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Alimony   payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce  
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Allay   to calm; to ease; to pacify  
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Allege   to state without proof  
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Allegiance   loyalty  
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Allegory   story in which characters are used as symbols; fable; symbolic representation  
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Alleviate   to relieve  
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Alliteration   repetition of the beginning sounds of words  
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Allocate   to assign  
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Alloy   (N) a mixture of metals  
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Alloy   (V) to mix; to make less pure; to lessen or to moderate  
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Allude   to refer indirectly  
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Allure   to entice by charm; to attract  
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Allusion   an indirect reference  
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Alluvial   pertaining to soil deposits left by running water  
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Aloof   distant; apart; reserved  
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Aloft   (adv) upward; (prep) on top of: above <The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging.>  
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Altercation   a heated dispute  
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Altruistic   generous; concerned for others  
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Amalgamate   to combine; to unite in one body  
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Amass   to collect  
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Amazon   female warrior  
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Ambidextrous   capable of using both hands equally well  
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Ambience or Ambiance   environment; atmosphere  
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Ambiguous   unclear or doubtful in meaning  
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Ambivalence   the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotions; uncertainty  
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Amble   to walk about in a leisurely manner: saunter  
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Ambrosia   food of the gods  
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Ambulatory   able to walk about (not bedridden); itinerant: traveling from place to place <an itinerant soldier>  
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Ameliorate   to improve <Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.>  
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Amenable   agreeable, cooperative  
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Amend   to correct; to change, generally for the better  
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