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abash
to make enbarrassed
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abate
to make less in amount; wane
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abbreviate
- to make shorter
- to shorten a word or phrase
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abdicate
to give up a throne or authority
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aberrant
- turning away from what is right
- deviating from what is normal
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aberration
the fact or an instance of being aberrant esp. from a noral standard or normal state
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abet
to incite, encourage, urge and help on
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abeyance
temporary suspension of an activity
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abhorrent
causing disgust or hatred; detestable; hateful
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abject
- miserable; wretched
- degraded; base
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abjure
- to give up on oath; renounce
- to recant
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ablution
a washing of the body as a religious ceremony
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abnegate
to deny; renounce
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abolish
to end the observance or effect of
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abolition
the state of being abolished; proibition
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abominate
to feel hatred and disgust for; loathe
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aboveboard
honest and open/honestly and openly
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abrade
to scrape or rub off
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abrasion
a wearing or rubbing away by friction
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abrasive
- tending to abrade
- harsh and offensive
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abridge
- to reduce in scope or extent
- to shorten by using fewer words; condense
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abrogate
to repeal by authority; abolish
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abscission
- removal
- the natural separation of flowers, fruit, or leaves from plants at a special separation layer
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abscond
to run away and hide in order to escape the law
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absenteeism
frequent absence from school or work
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absolve
to free from guilt or obligation; forgive
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absorb
- to suck up or take up
- to take in and make part of an existent whole
- to hold the attention or interest of sb. fully
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abstain
to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
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abstemious
moderate in eating and drinking; temperate
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abstention
the practice of avoiding sth. such as alcohol
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abstentious
acting abstaining
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abstract
- a brief statement; summary
- difficult to understand
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abstruse
hard to understand; recondite
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absurd
laughable or ridiculous; ludicrous
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abundance
more than sufficient quantity
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abundant
marked by great plenty
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abuse
- to use insulting language; revile
- to use wrongly; misuse
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abusive
- using harsh insulting language
- insulting
- physically injurious
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abysmal
- bottomless; unfathomable
- wretched; immeasurably bad
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academic
- of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school
- theoretical
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academician
member of an academy
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accede
to give assent; consent
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accelerate
- to increase the speed
- to develop more quickly
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accentuate
- to pronounce with an accent or stress
- to emphasize
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access
- a way of approaching
- approach
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accessible
- easy to approach
- open to the influence of
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accessory
additional; supplementary; subsidiary
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acclaim
to greet with loud applause; hail
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acclimate
- to adjust to climate
- to adapt
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accolade
- approval; appreciation
- words of praise
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accommodate
- to make fit, suitable, or congruous
- to provide for
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accommodating
ready to help; obliging
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accompany
to walk with sb. as a compannion
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accomplice
associate; partner in a crime
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accomplish
to succeed in doing sth.
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accord
- to make agree; reconcile
- unity; harmony
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accost
to approach and speak first to a person boldly
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accountability
responsibility
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accrete
- to grow or increase by means of gradual additions
- to grow together
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accretion
- growth in size by accumulation
- addition
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accrue
- to increase the interest on money
- to accumulate
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accuracy
precision; exactness
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acerbic
bitter; sharp; harsh
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acknowledge
- to recognize as genuine or valid
- to express gratitude
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acme
the highest point; peak; summit
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acolyte
one who assists the celebrant in the performance of liturgical rites
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acoustic
having to do with hearing or sound
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acquaint
- th make sb. familiar with or aware of sth.
- to cause to know personally
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acquintance
- knowledge from personal experience
- a person whom one knows, but not intimately
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acquainted
- familiar with sth.
- knowing personally
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acquiesce
to agree or consent quietly without protest; consent
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acquired
gained through one's own efforts or actions
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acquisitive
eager to acquire; greedy
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acquit
- to declare sb. to be not guilty
- to free or clear sb. of blame, responsibility, etc.
- to pay off
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acquittal
a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, or other legal process
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acrid
bitterly pungent; bitter; sharp
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acrimonious
caustic, biting, or rancorous
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acrimony
bitternes or harshness of temper; asperity
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acrobat
one that performs gymnastic feats requiring sillful control of the body
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acrophobia
fear of heights
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acuity
sharpness; acuteness
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acumen
keenness and depth of perception
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acute
- keen; shrewd; sensitive
- severe but of short duration; not chronic
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adage
an old saying accepted as a truth
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adamant
- too hard to be broken
- unyielding; inflexible
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adaptable
- able to adjust oneself to new circumstances
- capable of being adapted
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addendum
addition; appendix to a book
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addict
to be an addict; habitually use narcotic drugs
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additive
substance added in small amounts to sth. esp. to food or medicine
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address
- to tackle sth.
- to deliver a formal speech to
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adept
highly skilled; expert
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adhere
to stick fast; stay attached
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adherent
one that adheres as a follower or a believer
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adhesive
- tending to adhere or cause adherence
- an adhesive substance
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adjacent
adjoining; contiguous; neighboring
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adjourn
to suspend indefinitely or until a later state time
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adjunct
sth. joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
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adjust
- to put into order
- to become suited
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admire
to regard with respect and satisfaction
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admission
- the state or privilege of being admitted
- a fee paid at or for admission
- acknowledgment that a fact or statement is true
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admonish
- to reprove mildly
- to warn; advise
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adolescent
- of or typical of adolescence
- young person between childhood and adulthood
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adopt
- to take as one's own chile
- to take and accept
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adore
- to worship as divine
- to lve greatly; revere
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adorn
to decorate; beautify
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adroit
skillful; expert; dexterous
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adulate
to praise or flatter excessively
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adulterate
to make impure by adding another substance
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adumbrate
to foreshadow in vague way
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adventitious
accidental;casual
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adverse
- not favourable; contrary
- hostile
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advertise
- to call public attention to arouse a desire to buy or patronize
- to make publicly and grenerally known
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advisable
proper to be advised or recommended
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advocacy
the act or process of advocating
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advocate
- to speak publicly in favor
- person who supports
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aerate
to cause air to circulate through
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aerial
of, relating to, or occurring in the air or atmosphere
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aesthete
connoisseur; virtuoso
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aesthetic
relating to aesthetics or the beautiful
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affable
- pleasant and easy to approach or talk to
- gentle; amiable
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affectation
artificial behavior meant to impress others
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affected
- behaving in an artificial way
- assumed
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affection
fond or tender feeling
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affidavit
a written statement made under oath
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affiliate
- to join
- to connect or associate
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affiliation
link or connection made by affiliating
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affinity
- close relationship
- mutual attraction between a man and a woman
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affirm
- to confirm
- to be confident in asserting
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affix
- to stick; attach
- to add sth. in writing
- prefix or suffix
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afflict
to cause persistent pain or suffering
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affliction
the state of being afflicted
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affluence
an abundant flow or supply
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