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03/09/2012
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Amalgam
 Definition
A mixture of different things
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Abase
 Definition

lower; humiliate

 

 
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Abash
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to embarrass

 

 
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Abate
 Definition
to lessen
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Abominate
 Definition
to loathe, to hate
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Abstruse
 Definition
profound, difficult to understand
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Accentuate
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to stress, emphasize
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Acclivity
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Sharp incline of a hill
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Accolade
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award, honor
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Accost
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to approach and speak to
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Adroit
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skillful
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Adulate
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flatter and praise
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Adulterate
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to make impure
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Adumbrate
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to foreshadow by disclosing only partially
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Adverse
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hostile; opposed; unfavorable

 

(when something else is opposed to a person or thing, like conditions)
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Advocate
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to urge, recommend
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Aesthetic
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artistic, pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful
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Affected
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influenced or changed by something, fake
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Affinity
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attraction
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Affluent
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rich
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Affray
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public brawl
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Agape
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open-mouthed
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Aghast
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horrified
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Agile
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able to move in a quick and easy fashion
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Alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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Alias
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A false name
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Alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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Allay
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to soothe; to make more bearable
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Alleged
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stated without proof
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable
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Allude
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to refer indirectly
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Allusion
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a reference to something
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Altercation
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a violent dispute
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Amass
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to collect, get a lot of
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Ambulatory
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able to walk
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Ameliorate
 Definition
to improve a bad situation
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Amity
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peaceful relations, friendship
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Amok
 Definition
freaked out and royally upset
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Amorphous
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shapeless
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Anthropoid
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human-like
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Anitpathy
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hatred, dislike, aversion

 

(anti- against, pathy- feeling)
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Apathetic
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indifferent, showing lack of interest
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Apathy
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lack of interest, indifference
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Apex
 Definition
Tip, peak, summit
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Appease
 Definition
to soothe, placate
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Arbitrary
 Definition
Chosen at random or without reason
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Ardor
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passion, zeal
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Askew
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crooked, off to one side
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Assuage
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to ease, pacify
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Astute
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shrewd, wise, observing
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Attribute
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(n.)- a characteristic, usually a positive one

(v.)- to explain by indicating a cause
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Atypical
 Definition
not usual
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Audacity
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boldness
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August
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majestic; awe-impiring
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Austerity
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severity; strictness
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Averse
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opposed, unwilling

 

(a person or thing is opposed to something else)
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Awry
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crooked; twisted; wrong
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Bacchanalian
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wild partying
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Baleful
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has evil influence or foreshadows evil
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Baneful
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something that is poisonous or deadly
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Barrister
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lawyer
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Beatific
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displaying or imparting joy
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Begrudge
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envy, resent
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Beguile
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trick
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Bellicose
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violent; warlike
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Berate
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to severely scold
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Bereft
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lacking something needed
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Biennial
 Definition
every two years
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Blandishment
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flattery
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Blighted
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ruined; destroyed; withered
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Boisterous
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rowdy
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Bombastic
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wordy and pompous in speech or writing
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Braggadocio
 Definition
cockiness, a braggart
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Brusque
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brief, curt, gruff, discourteous
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Bucolic
 Definition
typical of farms or rural life
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Bumptious
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self-assertive
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Burgeon
 Definition
to grow, sprout, flourish
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Burnish
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to polish
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Cache

 

 Definition
hiding place
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Cacophonous
 Definition
discordant, awful to hear
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Cadaver
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corpse
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Callous
 Definition
unfeeling, apathetic
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