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abate
 Definition
subside or moderate
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abeyance
 Definition
suspended action
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abscond
 Definition
depart secretly and hide.
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abstemious
 Definition
sparing in eating or drinking temporarily
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admonish
 Definition
warn, reprove
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adulterate
 Definition
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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aesthetic
 Definition
artistic, dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful.
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aggregate
 Definition
gather, accumulate
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness, eagerness
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alleviate
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relieve
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amalgamate
 Definition
combine, unite in one body
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ambiguous
 Definition
unclear and douptful in meaning
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anachromism
 Definition
something someone misplaced in time
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anomolous
 Definition
abnormal, irregular
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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apathy
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lack of caring, indifference
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apprise
 Definition
inform
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approbation
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approval
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appropriate
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aquire, take possesion of
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arduous
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hard, strenuous
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artless
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without guile, open and honest.
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ascetic
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practicing self denial, austere
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen (pain), Satisfy (hunger), soothe (anger)
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attenuate
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make thinner, weaker or lesson
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audacious
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daring, bold
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austere
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forbiddingly stern, severely simple and unornamented
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aver
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assert confidently or declare
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banal
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hackeneyed. commonplace; trite; lacking originality
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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beneficent
 Definition
kindly doing good.
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bolster
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support, reinforce,
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bombastic
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pompous, using inflated language
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boorish
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rude, insensitive
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burgeon
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grow forth, send out buds
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burnish
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make shinny by rubbing; polish
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buttress
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support, prop up
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cacophonous
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discordant, inharmonious
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capricious
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fickle, unpredictable
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castigation
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punishment, severe criticism
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caustic
 Definition
burning, sarcastically bitting
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chinanery
 Definition
trickery, deception
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coda
 Definition
concluding section of of a musical or literary composition.
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cogent
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convincing
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commensurate
 Definition
corresponding in extent, degree, amount, proportionate
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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compliant
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yielding to requirements
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conciliatory
 Definition
reconciling or soothing
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confound
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confuse, puzzle
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connoisseur
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person competent to act as a judge of art.
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contention
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claim, thesis
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contentious
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quarellsome
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craven
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cowardly
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daunt
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intimidate, frighten
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decorum
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propriety, orderliness and good taste in manners
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default
 Definition
failure to act
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deference
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courteous regard for another's wish
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denigrate
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blacken
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deride
 Definition
ridicule, make fun of
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
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diatribe
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bitter scolding
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dichotomy
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split, branching into two parts
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diffidence
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shyness
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diffuse
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wordy, rambling, spread out (like gas)
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dirge
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lament with music
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disabuse
 Definition
correct a false impression, undeceive
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