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29/08 Flashcards

Barron's A

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Abdicate

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(V) renounce; give up

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Abet

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(V) help, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

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Abeyance

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(N) suspended action

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abjure

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(V) renounce upon oath; disavow

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Abortive

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(Adj) unsuccessful; fruitless

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Abrogate

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(V) abolish

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Abrogate

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(V) abolish

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Absolve

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(V) pardon (an offence)

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Abstemious

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(Adj) sparing in eating or drinking; temperate

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Abstruse

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(Adj) obscure; profound

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Abysmal

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(Adj) bottomless

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Abysmal

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(Adj) bottomless

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Academic

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(Adj) 1. Relating to a school

.2 Not particularly useful

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Accomodate

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(V) oblige or help someone; bring into harmony; adapt

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Accomodate

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(V) oblige or help someone; bring into harmony; adapt

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Accretion

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(N) growth; increase

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Acme

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(N) pinnacle; highest point

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Acuity

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(N) sharpness

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Adherent

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(N) supporter; follower

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admonishe

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(V) warn;

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Adroit

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(Adj) skillful

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Affable

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(Adj) e

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Affected

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(Adj) artificial; pretended ; assu

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Affected

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(Adj) artificial; pretended ; assu

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Affront

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(N) insult; offense

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Aggrandize

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(V) increase or intensify; raise in power; wealth, rank or honor

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Alloy (v)

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(V) mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate

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Aloof

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(Adj) apart; reserved

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Ambivalence

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(N) the state of contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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Ambulatory

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(Adj) able to walk; not bedridden

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Amenable

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(Adj) readily managed or willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally

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Amity

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(N) friendship

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Amnesty

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(N) pardon

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Amoral

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(Adj) non-moral

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Anachronisms

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(N) something or someone misplaced in time

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Anathema

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(N) a solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

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Ancillary

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(Adj) serving as an aid or accessory; auxillary

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Anguish

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(N) acute pain; extreme suffering

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Animosity

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(N) active enimity

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Animus

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(N) hostile feeling or intent

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Annex

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(V) attach, take possession of

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Annotate

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(V) comment; make explanatory notes

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Antagonism

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(N) hostility; active resistance

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Antecede

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(V) precede

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Anthology

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(N) book of literary selections or various authors

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Anticlimax

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(N) letdown in thought or emotion

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Antithesis

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(N) contrast; direct

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Aplomb

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(N) poise; assurance

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Apocalyptic

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(N) prophetic; pertaining to revelations

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Apocryphal

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(Adj) spurious; not authentic; invented rather than true

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Apocryphal

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(Adj) spurious; not authentic; invented rather than true

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Apolitical

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(N) g an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

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Apologist

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(N) one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

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Apparition

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(N) ghost; phantom

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Application

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(N) diligent attention

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Appraise

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(V) estimate the value of

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Apprehend

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(V) arrest

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Apprise

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(V) inform

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Approbation

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(N) approval

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Appropriate

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(V) acquire

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Apropos

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(Adj) to the point and timely

(Prep) with reference to; regarding

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Apropos

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(Adj) to the point and timely

(Prep) with reference to; regarding

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Arable

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(Adj) fit for growing crops

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Arbiter

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(N) person with power to decide a matter in a dispute; judge

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Arbitrary

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(Adj) unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical

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Arbitrate

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(V) act as a judge

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Archetype

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(N) prototype; primitive pattern

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Archives

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(N) public records; place where public records are kept

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Ardor

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(N) heat; passion; zeal

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Arduous

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(Adj) hard; strenuous

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Arid

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(Adj) dry; barren

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Aristocracy

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(N) hereditary nobility; privileged class

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Aristocracy

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(N) hereditary nobility; privileged class

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Arraign

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(V charge in court; indict

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Array

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(V) Marshall; draw up in order

(V) clothe; adorn

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Arrears

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(N) being in debt

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Arrest

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(V) stop or check; seize or capture (the attention)

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Artful

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(Adj) cunning, crafty; sly

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Articulate

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(Adj) effective; distinct

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Artifice

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(N) deception; trickery

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Artless

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(Adj) without guile; open and honest

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Ascendency

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(N) controlling influence

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Ascetic

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(Adj) practicing self-denial; austere

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Asperity

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(N) sharpness or temper

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Aspersion

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(N) slanderous remark

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Assail

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(V) assault

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Assent

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(V) agree; accept

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Assessment

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(N) estimation; appraisal

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Assiduous

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(Adj) diligent

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Assuage

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(V) ease or lessen (pain)

V) satisfy (hunger

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Assumption

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(N) something taken for granted; taking over or taking possession of

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Assurance

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(N) promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence

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Astringent

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(Adj) binding; causing contraction; harsh or severe

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Astronomical

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(Adj) enormously large or extensive

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Asylum

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(N) place of refuge or shelter! Protection

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Atone

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(V) make amends for; pay for

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Attentive

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(Adj) alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful

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Attrition

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(N) gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment

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August

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(Adj) impressive; majestic

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Authoritarian

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(Adj) completely dominating another’s will; subordinating the individual to the state

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Autocratic

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(Adj) having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial

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Auxillary

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(Adj) offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary

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Averse

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(Adj) reluctant; disinclined

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Avid

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(Adj) greedy; eager for

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Avocation

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(N) secondary or minor occupation

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Avow

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(V) declare openly

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Avuncular

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(Adj) like an uncle

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Awry

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(Adv) distorted; crooked

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Axiom

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(N) self evident truth requiring no proof

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