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Abandon

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To give up

To withdraw from

To give oneself over

To cease from maintaining, practicing, using, etc

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Abbreviate

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To make briefer (ex: United States of America to USA)

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Abdicate

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To discard

To formally renounce a throne, high position, or function

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Abhor

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To hate, loathe

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Abridge

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To condense, summarize

To diminish

To deprive

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Abrupt

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Sudden

Rude, curt

Being cut or broken off

Lacking smoothness or continuity

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Abundant

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Ample, in large amounts

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Abyss

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A deep gulf or great space

Intellectual or moral depths

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Acclaimed

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Praised, famous

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Accord

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To grant or give

To bring into agreement

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Acknowledge

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To recognize

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Acrid

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Sharp, harsh, pungent

Deeply violent or bitter

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Acumen

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Keenness and depth of perception

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Acute

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Characterized by sharpness or severity

Marked by keen discernment or intellectual perception

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Adamant

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Unshakable, insistent, unyielding

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Adapt

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Too make fit by modification

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Adept

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Proficient, expert

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Adhere

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To hold fast or stick

To give support or maintain loyalty

To bind oneself to observance

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Adhesive

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Tending to stick

Tending to remain in association or memory

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Admire

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To feel respect and approval for

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Admonish

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To indicate duties or obligations to

To give friendly advice

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Adversary

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One that opposes or resists

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Aesthete

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Having sensitivity for beauty

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Affiliate

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To associate with

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Agenda
Schedule
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Aggrandize
To make larger, enhance
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Aggravate
To make worse or more serious To rouse displeasure
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Aggregate
Clustered
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Agile
Having ability to move quickly and w/ grace
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Ail
To give pain to
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Aimless
Without a plan or course
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Akin
Similar, related
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Alarmed
Feeling a sense of danger
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Allege
To assert without proof
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Aloof
Removed or distant
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Alter
To make slightly different
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Altruism
Unselfish regard for others
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Amalgamate
To unite, merge
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Ambiguous
Doubtful, uncertain Capable to being understood in multiple ways
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Ambivalent
Having simultaneous and contradictory attitudes
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Ameliorate
To make better
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Amiable
Friendly
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Amorphous
Having to definite form or character Lacking unity
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Analyze
To study
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Ancient
Really old
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Androgynous
Neither feminine nor masculine
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Anguish
Extreme pain, distress, anxiety
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Animosity
Strong hate
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Annex
To attach as a quality, consequence, of condition To unite
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Antagonistic
Showing dislike or opposition
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Antipathy
Dislike
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Anxious
Worried
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Apprehension
Suspicion or fear Arrest Perceiving or comprehending something
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Approximate
Nearly correct or exact
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Arbitrary
Existing at random or by
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Arid
Dry Lacking in interest and life
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Ascertain
To find out or learn with certainty
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Ascetic
Practicing strict self-denial personally or spiritually Austere
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Aspect
Gaze A part A status or phase
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Aspiration
Ambition Audible breath The act or breathing or drawing in and out Withdrawal of tissue and fluid from the body
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Assail
To attack
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Assent
To agree or approve of
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Assert
To state or declare
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Assess
To determine the rate, amount, value To impose
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Assured
Guaranteed Confident
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Astonish
To surprise
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Attenuate
To weaken To reduce to severity, virulence, or vitality of To make thin
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Austere
Stern, cold Simple
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Astute
Crafty, wily
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Audible
Able to be heard
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Auspicious
Showing or suggesting future success Prosperous
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Authentic
Conforming to or based on fact Real, actual Like the original
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Authoritative
Having authority or power
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Avarice
Greediness