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| Abaft | (adv.) on or toward the rear of a ship | show 🗑
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| Abandon | (v.; n) to leave behind; to give something up; freedom; enthusiasm;Impetuosity | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) to degrade; humiliate; disgrace | The mother's public reprimand abased the girl. The insecure father, after failing to achieve his own life-long goals, abased his children whenever they failed.
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| Abbreviate | show | His vacation to Japan was abbreviated when he acquired an illness treatable only in the United States.
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| show | (v.) to reject, renounce, or abandon | Due to his poor payment record, it may be necessary to abdicate our relationship with the client.
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| show | (adj.) abnormal; straying from the normal or usual path | The aberrant flight pattern of the airplane alarmed the air traffic controllers. His aberrant behavior led his friends to worry the divorce had taken its toll.
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| Abeyance | (n.) a state of temporary suspension or inactivity | show 🗑
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| Abhor | show | By the way her jaw tensed when he walked in, it is easy to see that she abhors him. The dog abhorred cats, chasing and growling at them whenever he had the opportunity.
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| Abject | (adj.) of the worst or lowest degree | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) to give up | The losing team may abjure to the team that is winning.
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| Abnegation | (n.) a denial | show 🗑
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| Abominate | (v.) to loathe; to hate | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) to shorten; to limit | The editor abridged the story to make the book easier to digest.
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| Abrogate | show | The judge would not abrogate the law.
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| Abrupt | (adj.) happening or ending unexpectedly | show 🗑
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| Abscond | (v.) to go away hastily or secretly; to hide | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) to forgive; to acquit | The judge will absolve the person of all charges.After feuding for many years, the brothers absolved each other for the many arguments they had.
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| Abstemious | show | If we become stranded in the snow storm, we will have to be abstemious with our food supply. In many abstemious cultures the people are so thin due to the belief that too much taken into the body leads to contamination of the soul.
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| Abstinence | (n.) the act or process of voluntarily refraining from any action or practice; self-control; chastity | show 🗑
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| show | (adj.) hard to understand; deep; recondite | The topic was so abstruse the student was forced to stop reading. The concept was too abstruse for the average student to grasp.
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| show | (adj.) very deep | The abysmal waters contained little plant life.
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| show | (v.) to comply with; to consent to | With defeat imminent, the rebel army acceded to hash out a peace treaty.
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| Acclaim | show | Edward Albee's brilliantly written Broadway revival of A Delicate Balance received wide acclaim.
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| Accolade | (n.) approving or praising mention; a sign of approval or respect | show 🗑
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| Accomplice | show | The bank robber's accomplice drove the get- away car.
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| Accretion | (n.)growth by addition; a growing together by parts | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) a natural growth; a periodic increase. | Over the course of her college career, she managed to accrue a great deal of knowledge. The savings were able to accrue a sizable amount of interest each year. During his many years of collecting stamps, he was able to accrue a large collection of valuabl
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| Acerbic | (adj.) tasting sour; harsh in language or temper | show 🗑
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| Acquiesce | show | The group acquiesced to the new regulations even though they were opposed to them. After a hard-fought battle, the retailers finally acquiesced to the draft regulations.
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| Acrid | (adj.) sharp; bitter; foul smelling | show 🗑
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| show | (n.) sharpness or bitterness in language or manner. | The acrimony of her response was shocking.
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| Adage | (n.) an old saying now accepted as being truthful | show 🗑
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| Adamant | show | After taking an adamant stand to sell the house, the man called the real estate agency. The girl's parents were adamant about not allowing her to go on a dangerous backpacking trip.
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| Addled | show | The egg will become addled if it is left unrefrigerated.
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| Adept | show | The skilled craftsman was quite adept at creating beautiful vases and candleholders.
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| Adjure | show | The jurors were adjured by the judge to make a fair decision.
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| Adroit | show | The repair was not difficult for the adroit craftsman. The driver's adroit driving avoided a serious accident.
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| Adulation | show | The adulation was in response to the heroic feat. The adulation given to the movie star was sickening.
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| Adulterate | show | The dumping of chemicals will adulterate the pureness of the lake.
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| Adversary | show | The peace treaty united two countries that were historically great adversaries.
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| Adverse | (adj.) negative; hostile; antagonistic; inimical | show 🗑
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| Advocate | (v.; n.) to plead in favor of; supporter; defender | show 🗑
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| Aesthetic | show | She found that her aesthetic sense and that of the artist were at odds. His review made one wonder what kind of aesthetic taste the critic had.
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| Affable | (adj.) friendly; amiable; good-natured | show 🗑
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| Affiliate | show | The hiking club affiliated with the bird-watching club.
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| Affinity | (n.) a connection; similarity of structure | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) to make more powerful | The king wanted to aggrandize himself and his kingdom.
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| Aghast | (adj.) astonished; amazed; horrified; terrified; appalled | show 🗑
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| Agrarian | (adj.) of the land | show 🗑
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| Alacrity | (n.) eager readiness or speed | show 🗑
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| show | (n.) a person who studies chemistry | The alchemist's laboratory was full of bottles and tubes of strange looking liquids.
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| show | (n.) any mysterious change of substance or nature | The magician used alchemy to change the powder into a liquid
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| show | (n.) a symbolic description | The book contained many allegories on Russian history.
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| Alleviate | (v.) to lessen or make easier | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) set aside; designate; assign | There have been front row seats allocated to the performer's family. The farmer allocated three acres of his fields to corn.
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| Allude | (v.) to refer indirectly to something | show 🗑
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| Allure | (v.; n.) to attract; entice; attraction; temptation; glamour | show 🗑
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| Allusion | (n.) an indirect reference (often literary); a hint | show 🗑
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| show | (adj.) distant in interest; reserved; cool | Even though the new coworker was aloof, we attempted to be friendly. The calm defendant remained aloof when he was wrongly accused of fabricating his story.
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| Altercation | show | A serious altercation caused the marriage to end in a bitter divorce.
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| Altruism | show | After the organization aided the catastrophe victims, it was given an award for altruism. She displayed such altruism by giving up all of her belongings and joining a peace corps in Africa.
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| Altruistic | (adj.) unselfish | show 🗑
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| Amalgam | show | The art display was an amalgam of modern and traditional pieces. That ring is made from an amalgam of minerals; if it were pure gold it would never hold its shape.
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| Amalgamate | show | If the economy does not grow, the business may need to amalgamate with a rival company. The three presidents decided to amalgamate their businesses to build one strong company.
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| Amass | show | Over the years the sailor has amassed many replicas of boats. The women amassed a huge collection of priceless diamonds and pearls.
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| Ambiguous | show | The ambiguous law did not make a clear distinction between the new and old land boundary.
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| Ambivalent | show | The ambivalent jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.
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| Ameliorate | show | A consistent routine of exercise has shown to ameliorate health. We can ameliorate the flooding problem by changing the grading.
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| Amendment | (n.) a positive change | show 🗑
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| Amiable | (adj.) friendly | show 🗑
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| Amiss | show | Seeing that his anorak was gone, he knew something was amiss .Its new muffler aside, the car was behaving amiss.
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| show | (n.) friendly relations | The amity between the two bordering nations put the populations at ease.
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| show | (adj.) with no shape; unorganized; having no determinate form | The amorphous gel seeped through the cracks. The amorphous group quickly got lost. The scientist could not determine the sex of the amorphous organism.
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| show | (v.) to put money into a fund at fixed intervals | The couple was able to amortize their mortgage sooner than they thought.
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| Anachronism | show | The editor recognized an anachronism in the manuscript where the character from the 1500s boarded an airplane. He realized that the film about cavemen contained an anachronism when he saw a jet cut across the horizon during a hunting scene.
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| Analogy | (n.) similarity; correlation; parallelism | show 🗑
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| show | (n.) an allergic reaction | The boy's severe anaphylaxis to a series of medications made writing prescriptions a tricky proposition.
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| show | (n.) one who believes that a formal government is unnecessary | The yell from the crowd came from the anarchist protesting the government. The anarchist attempted to overthrow the established democratic government of the new nation and reinstate chaos and disarray.
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| show | (n.) something that can be relied on | Knowing the neighbors were right next door was an anchorage for the elderly woman.
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| show | (n.) a short account of happenings | The speaker told an anecdote about how he lost his shoes when he was young.
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| show | (n.) a feeling of hatred or ill will | Animosity grew between the two feuding families.
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| show | (v.) to crown; ordain | A member of the monarchy was anointed by the king.
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| Anomaly | (n.) an oddity, inconsistency; a deviation from the norm | show 🗑
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| Anonymous | show | Not wishing to be identified by the police, he remained anonymous by returning the money he had stolen by sending it through the mail.
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| Antagonism | show | The antagonism was created by a misunderstanding. The rebellious clan captured a hostage to display antagonism to the new peace treaty.
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| Antipathy | (n.) a strong dislike or repugnance | show 🗑
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| Apathy | show | He showed apathy when his relative was injured. The disheartened peasants expressed apathy toward the new law which promised new hope and prosperity for all.
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| Apocalyptic | (adj.) pertaining to a discovery or new revelation | show 🗑
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| Apocryphal | (adj.) counterfeit; of doubtful authorship or authenticity | show 🗑
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| Appease | show | A milk bottle usually appeases a crying baby.
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| Apposite | (adj.) suitable; apt; relevant | show 🗑
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| show | (adj.) fearful; aware; conscious | The nervous child was apprehensive about beginning a new school year.
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| Approbatory | show | The judge showed his acceptance in his approbatory remark.
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| show | (adj.) suitable (as land) for plowing | When the land was deemed arable the farmer decided to plow.
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| Arbiter | (n.) one who is authorized to judge or decide | show 🗑
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| Arbitrary | (adj.) based on one's preference or judgment | show 🗑
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| show | (adj.) obscure; secret; mysterious | With an arcane expression, the young boy left the family wondering what sort of mischief he had committed. The wizard's description of his magic was purposefully arcane so that others would be unable to copy it.
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| show | (n.) original pattern or model; prototype | This man was the archetype for scores of fictional characters. The scientist was careful with the archetype of her invention so that once manufacturing began, it would be easy to reproduce it.
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| show | (adj.) with passionate or intense feelings | The fans' ardent love of the game kept them returning to watch the terrible team.
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| Arduous | show | Completing the plans for the new building proved to be an arduous affair. Building a house is arduous work, but the result is well worth the labor.
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| Arid | show | The terrain was so arid that not one species of plant could survive. Their thirst became worse due to the arid condition of the desert.
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| show | (adj.) having a smell which is sweet or spicy | The aromatic smell coming from the oven made the man's mouth water.
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| show | (adj.) acting superior to others; conceited | After purchasing his new, expensive sports car, the arrogant doctor refused to allow anyone to ride with him to the country club.
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| Arrogate | (v.) to claim or demand unduly | show 🗑
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| Articulate | show | It's even more important to articulate your words when you're on the phone. You didn't have to vote for him to agree that Adlai Stevenson was articulate. A salesperson must be articulate when speaking to a customer.
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| Artifice | (n.) skill in a craft | show 🗑
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| Ascetic | (n.; adj.) one who leads a simple life of self-denial; rigorously abstinent | show 🗑
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| Aseptic | show | It is necessary for an operating room to be aseptic.
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| Askance | show | The look askance proved the guard suspected some wrongdoing.
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| Asperity | show | The man used asperity to frighten the girl out of going. The asperity of the winter had most everybody yearning for spring.
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| Aspersion | (n.) slanderous statement; a damaging or derogatory criticism | show 🗑
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| Aspirant | show | The aspirant would not settle for assistant director - only the top job was good enough.
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| Assay | (n.) to determine the quality of a substance. | show 🗑
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| show | (v.) to estimate the value of | She assessed the possible rewards to see if the project was worth her time and effort.
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| show | (adj.) carefully attentive; industrious | It is necessary to be assiduous if a person wishes to make the most of his time at work. He enjoys having assiduous employees because he can explain a procedure once and have it performed correctly every time.
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| Assuage | show | Medication should assuage the pain. The medication helped assuage the pain of the wound.
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| show | (n.; adj.) a substance that contracts bodily tissues; causing contraction; tightening; stern, austere | After the operation an astringent was used on his skin so that the stretched area would return to normal. The downturn in sales caused the CEO to impose astringent measures. Her astringent remarks at the podium would not soon be forgotten.
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| show | (adj.) cunning; sly; crafty | The astute lawyer's questioning convinced the jury of the defendant's guilt.
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| Atrophy | (v.; n.) to waste away, as from lack of use; to wither; failure to grow | show 🗑
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| Attenuate | show | Water is commonly used to attenuate strong chemicals. The chemist attenuated the solution by adding water.
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| show | (adj.) something that is abnormal | The atypical behavior of the wild animal alarmed the hunters.
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| show | (adj.) fearless; bold | The audacious soldier went into battle without a shield.
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| Augment | show | They needed more soup so they augmented the recipe. They were able to augment their savings over a period of time.
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| show | (adj.) to be imposing or magnificent | The palace was august in gold and crystal.
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| Auspicious | (adj.) being of a good omen; successful | show 🗑
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| Austere | show | The old woman always has an austere look about her. The austere teacher assigned five pages of homework each day.
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| Authentic | (adj.) real; genuine; trustworthy | show 🗑
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| show | (n.; adj.) acting as a dictator; demanding obedience | The authoritarian made all of the rules but did none of the work. Fidel Castro is reluctant to give up his authoritarian rule.
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| show | (n.) an absolute monarchy; government where one person holds power | The autocracy was headed by a demanding man. She was extremely power-hungry and therefore wanted her government to be an autocracy.
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| Autocrat | (n.) an absolute ruler | show 🗑
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| Avarice | (n.) inordinate desire for gaining and possessing wealth | show 🗑
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| Aver | show | The witness was able to aver the identity of the defendant.
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| Awry | show | Hearing the explosion in the laboratory, the scientist realized the experiment had gone awry.
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| Azure | show | The azure sky made the picnic day perfect.
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