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| v; to step down from a posotion of power |
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| Aberration (ab uh RAY shun) |
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| n; something not typical, deviation from the standard |
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| v; detest, to hate very, very, very much |
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| adj; hopeless, extremely sad and servile, defeated, utterly bummed out |
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| v; to deny oneself things, reject, renounce(i.e. desserts, self-abnegation) |
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| adj; total, unlimited, perfect |
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| v; to forgive or free from blame, sin, obligation |
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| adj; theoretical, impersonal |
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| adl; extremely hopeless or wretched, bottomless |
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| v; to approach and speak to someone |
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| adj; bitter, sour, severe |
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| v; to comply passively, accept, agree |
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| Acrimonious (ak ruh MOH nee us) |
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| adj; full of spite, bitter, nasty |
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| n; keenness of judgement, mental sharpness |
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| adj; stubborn, unyeilding, completely inflexible |
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| v; to speak to, direct one's attention |
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| n; a follower, supporter, believer |
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| adj; skillful, dexterous, clever, shrewd, socially at ease |
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| Adulation (aj uh JAY shun) |
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| n; wild or excessive admiration, flattery |
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| Adulterate (uh DUL tuh rayt) |
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| v; to contaminate, make impure |
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| adj; unfavorable, antagonistic |
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| adj; having to do with artistic beauty, artistic |
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| adl; easy to talk to, friendly |
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| Affectation (af ek TAY shun) |
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| n; unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress |
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| n; sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity |
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| n; program, things to be done |
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| adj; realating to land, relating to the management or farming of land |
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n (can also be an adj and v); sum total, collection of seperate things mixed together
Congregate (get together)
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n; one who believes that the existance of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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| n; cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond |
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| v; to assert without proof |
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| Alleviate (uh LEE vee ayt) |
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| v; to relieve, usually temprarily or incompletely, make bearable, to lessen |
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| v; to distribute. assign, allot |
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| n; a combination of two or more things, usually metals |
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| n; an indirect reference (often to a literary work), a hint |
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| adl; uninvolved, standing off, keeping one's distance |
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| n; selflessness, generosity, devotion to the interest of others |
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| n; atmosphere, mood, feeling |
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| Ambiguous (am BIG yoo us) |
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| adj; unclear in meaning, confusing, capable of being interpreted in different ways |
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| Ambivalent (am BIV uh lunt) |
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| adj; undecided, neutral, wishy-washy |
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| Ameliorate (uh MEEL yuh rayt) |
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| v; to make better or more tolerable |
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| Amenable (uh MEE nuh bul) |
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| adj; obedient, willing to give in to the wishes of another, agreeable |
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| adj; pleasantness, attractive or comfortable feature |
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| n; an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy |
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| adj; lacking a sense of right and wrong, neither good nor bad, without moral feeling |
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| adj; feeling love-especially in a sexual sense, in love, relating to love |
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| adj; shapeless, without a regular or stable shape, bloblike |
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| Anachronism (uh NAK ruh niz um) |
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| n; something out of place in time or history, an incongruity |
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| n; a comparison of one thing to another, similarity |
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| n; absence of government or control, lawlessness, disorder |
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| n; a short account of a humorous or revealing incident |
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| n; agonizing physical or mental pain |
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| Animosity (an uh MAHS uh tee) |
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| n; resentment, hostility, ill will |
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| n; an abberation, irregularity, deviation |
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| Antecedent (an tuh SEED unt) |
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| n; someone or something that went before, something that provides a model for something that came after it |
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| Antipathy (an TIP uh thee) |
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| n; firm dislike, a dislike |
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| Antithesis (an TITH uh sis) |
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| Apartheid (uh PAHRT hayt) |
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| n; the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Rebublic of South America |
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| n; lack of interest, lack of feeling |
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| n; a brief, often witty saying-proverb |
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| Apocalypse (uh PAHK uh lips) |
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| n; a prothetic revelation, especially one concering the end of the world |
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| Apocryphal (uh POK ruh ful) |
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| adj/n; of dubioius authenticity, fictitious, spurious |
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| Apotheosis (uh pahth ee OH sis) |
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| n; elevation to devine status, the perfect example of something |
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| v; to soothe, pacify by giving in to |
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| Appreciate (uh PREE shee ayt) |
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| v; to increase in value (i.e. a car) |
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| Apprehensive (ap ruh HEN siv) |
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| Approbation (ap ruh BAY shun) |
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| Appropriate (uh PROH pree ayt) |
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| v; to take without permission, to set aside for a particular use |
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| n; capacity for learning, natural ability |
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| n; one who decides, a judge |
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| Arbitrary (AHR buh trer ee) |
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| adj; mysterious, known only to a select few |
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| adj; extremely old, ancient, outdated |
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| n; an original model or pattern |
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| Aristocratic (uh ris tuh KRAT ik) |
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| adj; of noble birth, snobbish |
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| n; a clever trick, cunning |
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| Ascendancy (uh SEN dun see) |
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| adj; hermitlike, practicing self denial |
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| adj; hardworking, busy, quite diligent |
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| Assimilate (us SIM uh layt) |
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| v; to take in, absorb, to learnin thoroughly |
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| v; to soothe, pacify, ease the pain of, to relieve |
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| adj; shrewd, keen in judgement |
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| n; gradual wearing away, weakening or loss, a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size |
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| n; boldness, reckless daring, impertinance |
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| v; to make bigger, add to, increase |
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| adj; favorable, promising, pointing to a good result |
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| adj; unadorned, stern, forbidding, without excess |
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| Autocratic (aw tuh KRAT ik) |
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| adj; ruling with absolute authority, extremely bossy |
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| Autonomous (aw TAHN uh mus) |
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| adj; acting independently |
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| n; greed, excessive love of riches |
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| v; to claim, declare boldly, admit |
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| Avuncular (uh VUNG kyuh lur) |
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| adj; like an uncle-especially a nice uncle |
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| adj; off course, twisted to one side |
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| adj; abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation |
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| n; a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying) |
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