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Not, without
Agnostic
Amoral- neither moral or immoral
Apathy- lack of interest or emption |
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Off, away from, apart, down
Abdicate: renounce or relinquish a throne
Abstruse: hard to understand; secret, hidden |
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Sharp, bitter, sour
Acrimonious: caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature
Acumen: mental sharpness; quickness of whit |
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To do, to drive, to force, to lead
Pedagogue: a teacher
Prodigal: wastefully or recklessly extravagent |
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To, toward, near
*Often the d is dropped and the first letter to which a is prefixed is doubled
Accede: to yield to a demand; to enter an office
Adjoin: to be close or in contact with |
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Other, another
Allegory: figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another |
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Love
Amatory: of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking
Amity: friendship; peaceful harmony
Amorous: inclined to love, especially sexual love
Inamorata: a female lover |
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| Both, on both sides, around |
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Year
Annals: a record of events (yearly record)
Annuity: a specified income payable at stated intervals
Perennial: lasting for an indefinite amount of time |
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Before
Antebellum: before the war (esp. American Civil War)
Antecedent: existing, being, going before
Antedate: precede in time |
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Man, human
Anthropocentric: regarding humanity as the central fact of the universe
Misanthrope: one who hates humans
Philanderer: one who carries on flirtations |
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Away
Apocalypse: revelation, discovery, disclosure
Apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity
Apogee: the highest or most distant point
Apostasy: a total desertion of one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc. |
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Chief, principal, ruler
Oligarchy: a state or society ruled by a select group |
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To burn
Ardor: flame; passion |
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About, to make, to surround, to affect
Belie: to misrepresent; to contradict
Bemoan: to moan for, to lament |
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Good
Benediction: act of uttering a blessing
Benign: having a kindly disposition |
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Short, small
Brevet: an honorary promotion with no additional pay
Breviloquent: laconic; concise in one's speech |
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Purse, money
Bursar: treasurer
Bursary: treasury
Disburse: to pay |
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To fall, to happen by chance
Accident
Decadent: decaying; deteriorating
Recidivist: one who repeatedly relapses into crime |
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To take, to get
Percipient: having perception; discerning; discriminating
Precept: a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct |
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Head, headlong
Capitulate: to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
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To cut
Castigate: to punish in order to correct
Chaste: free from obscenity, decent |
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Speed
Celerity: speed, quickness |
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Center
Centrist: of or pertaining to moderate political or social ideas
Eccentric: off-center |
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To separate, to judge, o distinguish, to decide
Certitude: freedom of doubt |
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Around
Circuitous: roundabout, indirect
Circumspect: cautious, watching all sides |
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To cut
Incisive: penetrating, cutting |
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