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08/13/2008

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aberrant
Definition
Markedly different from an accepted norm
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aberration
Definition
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
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abet
Definition
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense)
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abeyance
Definition
A state of suspension or temporary inaction
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abjure
Definition
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
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ablution
Definition
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body
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abrogate
Definition
To abolish, repeal.
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abscond
Definition
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest
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abstemious
Definition
Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abstruse
Definition
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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abut
Definition
To touch at the end or boundary line.
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accede
Definition
To agree.
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acquiesce
Definition
To comply; submit
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acrid
Definition
Harshly pungent or bitter
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acumen
Definition
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination
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adage
Definition
An old saying.
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adamant
Definition
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
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admonition
Definition
Gentle reproof.
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adumbrate
Definition
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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affable
Definition
Easy to approach
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aggrandize
Definition
To cause to appear greatly
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aggravate
Definition
To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome
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agile
Definition
Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally
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agog
Definition
In eager desire
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alacrity
Definition
Cheerful willingness
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alcove
Definition
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room
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alleviate
Definition
o make less burdensome or less hard to bear
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aloof:
Definition
Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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amalgamate:
Definition
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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ambidextrous:
Definition
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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ambiguous:
Definition
Having a double meaning.
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ameliorate:
Definition
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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anathema:
Definition
Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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animadversion:
Definition
The utterance of criticism or censure.
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animosity:
Definition
Hatred.
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antediluvian:
Definition
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antidote:
Definition
Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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aplomb:
Definition
Confidence; coolness.
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apocryphal :
Definition
Of doubtful authority or authenticity.
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apogee:
Definition
The climax.
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apostate:
Definition
False.
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apotheosis:
Definition
Deification.
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apparition:
Definition
Ghost.
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apposite:
Definition
Appropriate.
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apprise:
Definition
To give notice to; to inform
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approbation:
Definition
Sanction.
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arboreal:
Definition
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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ardor:
Definition
Intensity of passion or affection.
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argot:
Definition
A specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group.
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arrant:
Definition
Notoriously bad.
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