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abase
v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
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abbess
n. The lady superior of a nunnery
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abbey
n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
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abbot
n. The superior of a community of monks.
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abdicate
v. To give up (royal power or the like).
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abdomen
n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly
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abdominal
n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen
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abduction
n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally
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abed
adv. In bed; on a bed
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aberration
n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
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abet
v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense)
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abeyance
n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction
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abhorrence
n. The act of detesting extremely
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abhorrent
adj. Very repugnant; hateful
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abject
adj. Sunk to a low condition
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abjure
v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
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able-bodied
adj. Competent for physical service
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ablution
n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body
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abnegate
v. To renounce (a right or privilege)
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abnormal
adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard
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abominable
adj. Very hateful
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abominate
v. To hate violently
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abomination
n. A very detestable act or practice
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aboriginal
adj. Primitive; unsophisticated
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aborigines
n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country
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aboveboard
adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery
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abrade
v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction
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abrasion
n. That which is rubbed off
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abridge
v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles
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abridgment
n. A condensed form as of a book or play
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abrogate
v. To abolish, repeal
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abrupt
adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break
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abscess
n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body
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abscission
n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation
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abscond
v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest
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absence
n. The fact of not being present or available
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absent-minded
adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business
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absolution
n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses
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absolve
v. To free from sin or its penalties
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absorb
v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water
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absorption
n. The act or process of absorbing
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abstain
v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something)
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abstemious
adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food
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abstinence
n. Self denial
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abstruse
adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood
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absurd
adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense
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abusive
adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment
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abut
v. To touch at the end or boundary line
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academic
adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university
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academician
n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science
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academy
n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught
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accelerate
v. To move faster
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accept
v. To take when offered
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access
n. A way of approach or entrance; passage
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accessible
adj. Approachable
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accession
n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government
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accessory
n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent
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acclaim
v. To utter with a shout
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accommodate
v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor
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accompaniment
n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part
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accompanist
n. One who or that which accompanies
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accompany
v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion
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accomplice
n. An associate in wrong-doing
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accomplish
v. To bring to pass
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accordion
n. A portable free-reed musical instrument
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account
n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions
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accredit
v. To give credit or authority to
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accumulate
v. To become greater in quantity or number
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accurate
adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard
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accursed
adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune
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accusation
n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error
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accusatory
adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation
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accuse
v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error
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accustom
v. To make familiar by use
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acerbity
n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency
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acetate
n. A salt of acetic acid
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acetic
adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar
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ache
v. To be in pain or distress
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Achillean
adj. Invulnerable
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achromatic
adj. Colorless
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acidify
v. To change into acid
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acknowledge
v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of
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acknowledgment
n. Recognition
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acme
n. The highest point, or summit
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acoustic
adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing
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acquaint
v. To make familiar or conversant
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acquiesce
v. To comply; submit
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acquiescence
n. Passive consent
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acquire
v. To get as one's own
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acquisition
n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor
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acquit
v. To free or clear, as from accusation
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acquittal
n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action
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acquittance
n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility
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acreage
n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land
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acrid
adj. Harshly pungent or bitter
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acrimonious
adj. Full of bitterness
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acrimony
n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper
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actionable
adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words
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actuary
n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums
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actuate
v. To move or incite to action
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acumen
n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination
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acute
adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment
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adamant
n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
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addendum
n. Something added, or to be added
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addle
v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle
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adduce
v. To bring forward or name for consideration
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adhere
v. To stick fast or together
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adherent
adj. Clinging or sticking fast
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adhesion
n. The state of being attached or joined
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adieu
inter. Good-by; farewell
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adjacency
n. The state of being adjacent
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adjacent
n. That which is near or bordering upon
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adjudge
v. To award or bestow by formal decision
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adjunct
n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place
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adjuration
n. A vehement appeal
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administrator
n. One who manages affairs of any kind
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admissible
adj. Having the right or privilege of entry
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admittance
n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter
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admonish
v. To warn of a fault
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admonition
n. Gentle reproof
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ado
n. unnecessary activity or ceremony
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adoration
n. Profound devotion
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adroit
adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers
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adulterant
n. An adulterating substance
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adulterate
v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients
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adumbrate
v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem
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advent
n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage
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adverse
adj. Opposing or opposed
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advert
v. To refer incidentally
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advertiser
n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers
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advisory
adj. Not mandatory
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advocacy
n. The act of pleading a cause
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advocate
n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court
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aerial
adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air
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aeronaut
n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist
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aeronautics
n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
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aerostat
n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air
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aerostatics
n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties
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affable
adj. Easy to approach
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affectation
n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt
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affiliate
n. Some auxiliary person or thing
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affirmative
adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue
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affluence
n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches
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affront
n. An open insult or indignity
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afire
adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively
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aforesaid
adj. Said in a preceding part or before
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afresh
adv. Once more, after rest or interval
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afterthought
n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time
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agglomerate
v. To pile or heap together
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aggrandize
v. To cause to appear greatly
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aggravate
v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome
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aggravation
n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
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aggregate
n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something
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aggress
v. To make the first attack
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aggression
n. An unprovoked attack
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aggrieve
v. To give grief or sorrow to
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aghast
adj. Struck with terror and amazement
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agile
adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally
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agitate
v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts)
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agrarian
adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land
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aide-de-camp
n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general
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ailment
n. Slight sickness
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airy
adj. Delicate, ethereal
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akin
adj. Of similar nature or qualities
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alabaster
n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum
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alacrity
n. Cheerful willingness
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albino
n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris
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album
n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like
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alchemy
n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold
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alcohol
n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste
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alcoholism
n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages
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alcove
n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room
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alder
n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family
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alderman
n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions
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aldermanship
n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman
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alien
n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government
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alienable
adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands
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alienate
v. To cause to turn away
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alienation
n. Estrangement
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aliment
n. That which nourishes
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alkali
n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
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allay
v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate
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allege
v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court
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allegory
n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness
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alleviate
v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear
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alley
n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like
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alliance
n. Any combination or union for some common purpose
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allot
v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person
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allude
v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion
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allusion
n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it
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ally
n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness
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almanac
n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information
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aloof
adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others
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altar
n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned
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alter
v. To make change in
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alteration
n. Change or modification
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altercate
v. To contend angrily or zealously in words
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alternate
n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other
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alternative
n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else
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altitude
n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea
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alto
n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part
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altruism
n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest
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altruist
n. One who advocates or practices altruism
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amalgam
n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal
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amalgamate
v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body
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amateur
adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession
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amatory
adj. Designed to excite love
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ambidextrous
adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease
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ambiguous
adj. Having a double meaning
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ambitious
adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring
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ambrosial
adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious
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ambulance
n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded
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ambulate
v. To walk about
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ambush
n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy
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ameliorate
v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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amenable
adj. Willing and ready to submit
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Americanism
n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States
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amicable
adj. Done in a friendly spirit
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amorous
adj. Having a propensity for falling in love
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amorphous
adj. Without determinate shape
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amour
n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature
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ampere
n. The practical unit of electric-current strength
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ampersand
n. The character &; and
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amphibious
adj. Living both on land and in water
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amphitheater
n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena
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amputate
v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body
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anachronism
n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time
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anagram
n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase
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analogous
adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations
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analogy
n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed
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analyst
n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method
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analyze
v. To examine minutely or critically
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anarchy
n. Absence or utter disregard of government
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anathema
n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage
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anatomy
n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms
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ancestry
n. One's ancestors collectively
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anecdote
n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident
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n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident
- n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident
- n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles
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anemic
adj. Affected with anemia
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anemometer
n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind
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anesthetic
adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation
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Anglophobia
n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English
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Anglo-Saxon
n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India
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angular
adj. Sharp-cornered
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animadversion
n. The utterance of criticism or censure
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animadvert
v. To pass criticism or censure
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animalcule
n. An animal of microscopic smallness
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annals
n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year
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annex
v. To add or affix at the end
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annihilate
v. To destroy absolutely
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annotate
v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon
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annual
adj. Occurring every year
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annuity
n. An annual allowance, payment, or income
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annunciation
n. Proclamation
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anode
n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like
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anonymous
adj. Of unknown authorship
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antagonism
n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons
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Antarctic
adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it
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ante
v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt
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antecedent
n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality
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antechamber
n. A waiting room for those who seek audience
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antedate
v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one
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antediluvian
adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
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antemeridian
adj. Before noon
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antemundane
adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation
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antenatal
adj. Occurring or existing before birth
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anteroom
n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger
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anthology
n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors
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anthropology
n. The science of man in general
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anthropomorphous
adj. Having or resembling human form
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antic
n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action
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Antichrist
n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power
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anticlimax
n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said
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anticyclone
n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward
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antidote
n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like
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antilogy
n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas
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antipathize
v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike
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antiphon
n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical
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antiphony
n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively
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antipodes
n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth
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antiquary
n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antiquate
v. To make old or out of date
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antique
adj. Pertaining to ancient times
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antiseptic
n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms
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antislavery
adj. Opposed to human slavery
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antispasmodic
adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections
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antistrophe
n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home"
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antitoxin
n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms
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antonym
n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning
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anxious
adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter
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apathy
n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling
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apex
n. The highest point, as of a mountain
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apiary
n. A place where bees are kept
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apology
n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense
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apostasy
n. A total departure from one's faith or religion
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apostle
n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority
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apothecary
n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions
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apotheosis
n. Deification
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appall
v. To fill with dismay or horror
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apparent
adj. Easily understood
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appease
v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation
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appellate
adj. Capable of being appealed to
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appellation
n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called
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append
v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary
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appertain
v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation
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apposite
adj. Appropriate
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apposition
n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact
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appraise
v. To estimate the money value of
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appreciable
adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect
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apprehend
v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law
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apprehensible
adj. Capable of being conceived
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appropriate
adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances
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aqueduct
n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance
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aqueous
adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water
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arbiter
n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters
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arbitrary
adj. Fixed or done capriciously
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arbitrate
v. To act or give judgment as umpire
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arboreal
adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees
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arborescent
adj. Having the nature of a tree
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arboretum
n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs
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arboriculture
n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs
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arcade
n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it
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archangel
n. An angel of high rank
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archbishop
n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church
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archdeacon
n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese
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archaeology
n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man
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archipelago
n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves
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ardent
adj. Burning with passion
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ardor
n. Intensity of passion or affection
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aristocracy
n. A hereditary nobility
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aristocrat
n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility
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armada
n. A fleet of war-vessels
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armful
n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms
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aroma
n. An agreeable odor
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arraign
v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not
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arrange
v. To put in definite or proper order
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arrangement
n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order
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arrant
adj. Notoriously bad
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arrear
n. Something overdue and unpaid
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arrival
n. A coming to stopping-place or destination
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arrogant
adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrogate
v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds
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Artesian well
n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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artful
adj. Characterized by craft or cunning
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Arthurian
adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story
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ascension
n. The act of rising
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ascent
n. A rising, soaring, or climbing
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ascetic
adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
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ascribe
v. To assign as a quality or attribute
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asexual
adj. Having no distinct sexual organs
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askance
adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning
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asperity
n. Harshness or roughness of temper
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aspirant
n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place
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aspiration
n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach
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aspire
v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained
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assailant
n. One who attacks
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assassin
n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly
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