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not, without
agnostic -no knowledge if God exists
amoral- not related to morality
anomaly - irregularity
anonymous - lacking a named author
apathy - lack of feelings
athiest -no belief in God
atypical - not typical |
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away from, apart from, down
abduct - to take away by force
abhor - to hate
abject - cast down degrade
abnormal - not normal
abolish - to do away with
abstract - to draw or pull away, remove or theoretical not related to specific instances or objects |
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toward, near
adapt - to adjust to new circumstances
addict - to become dependent on a substance or activity
address - a speech
adhere - to stick fast, to cleave to cling
adjacent - next to, close to, or connected to
adjoin - to be next to
admire - to look up to approval or pleasure
advocate - to plead for to argue in favor of
attract - to draw by physical force or by appeal |
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both, on both sides
ambidextrous - able to use both hands equally
ambiguous - open to various interpretations
amphibian - animal in water and on land
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Before
antebellum - before the war
antecedent - existing being or going before
antedate - to precede in time
anteriour - placed before |
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Against
antidote - a remedy to counteract a poison
antifreeze - a chemical that lowers the freezing point of a liquid such as water
antiseptic - free from germs, clean or neat
antithetical - opposed to contrary to |
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two
biennial - happening every to years
bilateral - related to both sides
bilingual - speaks two languages
binocular - involving two eyes
bipartisam - representing two parties
combination - joining two or more things into a whole |
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Hundred
centimeter - one hundredth of a meter
centipede - many legs
century - one hundred years
percent - out of every hundred
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around
circuit - journey around an area, electrical current
circuitous - roundabout - indirect
circumference - outer boundary of a circle
circumstance - state of affairs that eist around a particular time or person; the factors that influence a person or situation |
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against
contradict- to oppose to speak against
contrary - opposite
controversy - prolonged debate or disagreement about a topic
counterfeit - face or a false imitation
encounter - a meeting often with an opponent |
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away, off, down, reversal
decipher - to decode to discern a hidden meaning
defame - to slander to publicly
delineate - to draw the outlines sketch or describe
descend - to move from a higher to a lower place |
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ten
decade - ten years
decathlon - sports competition composed of ten events
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in two
across
through
diagnose - to determine the sickness by the symptoms
dialogue - conversation between tow or more persons
diameter - line dividing a cirlce in two
dichotomy - divison into two parts kinds |
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away from, reversal, not
diffuse - to pour out and spread as in a fluid
dilate - to widen to expand
disperse; to spread over a wide area; to drive away in various directions
disseminate - to scatter or spread widely
dissuave - to deter, to advise against |
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faulty abnormal
dysfunctional - poorly functioning
dyslexia - an impairment of reading ability due to a neurological problem |
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inside, into
embrace - to clasp in the arms, to include or contain
enclose - to close in on all sides |
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outside, beyond
extract - to take out or obtain against a persons will
extradite - to send a person to another state or nation for trial or punishment
extraordinary - beyond the ordinary, unusal
extrasensory - outside the senses; coming from or pertaining to knowledge that cannot be gained through normal sense perception |
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before
foreshadow- to warn of or indicate a future event
foresight - the act of foreseeing care for the future prudence
forestall; to prevent by advance action
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half
hemisphere- half a sphere half of the earth
hemiplegia - paralysis of the arm leg trunk on one side of the body |
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