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acronym

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word formed from initial letters of a group of words

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keenness mind, insight

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an old saying, proverb

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to become rotten; to become confused

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to offer as example, reason or proof

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to settle judicially

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to beg, appeal

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to warn, reprove mildly, censure, rebuke A: applaud, praise, compliment

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containing warning

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fuss, trouble, bustle, commotion

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making impure, poorer in quality

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an arrival, coming

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- accidental; casual; happening by chance | - coming from another source not innate/native

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eternity, immeasurable period

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polite, friendly

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close connection, relationship

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to declare positively, to confirm, assert, declare, assure

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the mouth open wide with surprise

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make worse, irritate

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active, quick moving

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highly excited; intensely curious

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trouble; be ill

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eager and cheerful readiness

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recess; partially enclosed place

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cause to make unfriendly, to distance oneself, estrange, A: familiarise

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to calm, quieten, soothe, pacify A: agitate, kindle

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duty, support, loyalty

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make (pain) easier to bear

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to tempt with something desirable, lure, inveigle A: repel, deter, discourage

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reserved, indifferent

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mix, combine, unite

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doubtful; uncertain

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walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly, leisurely walk

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good natured, gentle, pleasing, charming A: sullen, churlish, quarrelsome

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friendly, peaceful A: warlike, argumentative

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partial or total loss of memory

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similarity in some way

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absence of government, political disorder A: order; discipline

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helping, subordinate

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severe suffering

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feeling of strong dislike,enmity, hostility, rancour, animus A: amiability, friendliness

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to destroy completely

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fixed sum paid every year

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to do away with, enforce

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to put oil on as a ceremony

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departure from the usual, abnormality A: normality

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soon, shortly

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a place where bees are kept

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make quite or calm

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to assess the value, evaluate, assess

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unhappy feeling about future; anxious

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to give notice; inform

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secret, mysterious

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to express oneself in words clearly; speak distinctly, connect by joints

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go or come up

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get to know

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of the pale gray colour of ash, very pale with shock/fear or illness, of or resembling ashes

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a star shaped symbol (*)

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substance that sink

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repayment; death of jesus; make amends

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bring into harmony

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daring, foolishly bold, impudent

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respected and impressive, majestic; venerable

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favourable, conducive to success, prosperous

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severely moral and strict; simple and plain

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helping, supporting

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affirm; assert; prove; justify

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strong dislike or disinclination

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eager, having or showing eager desire for somthing

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assert, admit, declare, confess openly

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suspended action, temporary inactivity, cessation

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(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self- respect; Ex. abject apology

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renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation

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unsuccessful; fruitless

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rubbing away; tending to grind down

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cutting off; separation

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complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism

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pardon (an offense)

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refrain; withhold from participation; intention- | ally not use one’s vote

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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate

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border upon; adjoin

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applaud; praise; greet with great approval; an- nounce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise

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sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity

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oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. ac- commodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging

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equip; N. accoutrement

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bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone)

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``` slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic ```

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peak; pinnacle; highest point

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motivate; activate; cause to act

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sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)

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(of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain

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addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)

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expert at; very skilled

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stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: ad- | hering; devotion; loyality

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something attached to but holding an inferior position

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solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly

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staff officer assisting the commander; assistant

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flattery; admiration that is more than is nec- | essary or deserved

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shield; protection; defense

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state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suf- fering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on

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abundance; wealth

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collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap

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filled with great surprise or fear; horrified

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stir up; disturb

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an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias

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payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after | divorce

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story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable

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unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism

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capable of using either hand with equal ease

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the state of having contradictory or con- flicting emotional attitudes or opinions

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food of the gods

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able to walk

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correct; change ; generally for the better

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pardon (allowed by government to political | criminals)

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moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances

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in a state of rage; Ex. run amok

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charm;talisman;anobjectwornbelievedtopro- tect against evil, bad luck

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an error involving time in a story; some- thing or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic

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causing insensitivity to pain; N. | analgesia condition of being unable to feel pain

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solemn curse; someone or something re- | garded as a curse; V. anathematize

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short story of an amusing or interesting event

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acute pain; extreme suffering

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hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition

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attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one

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consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)

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abnormal; irregular

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hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist

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preceding events that | influence what comes later; ancestors or early background

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book of literary selections by various au- thors; CF. omnibus

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lackofcaring;indifference;lackofconcernorin- terest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic

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loss of speech due to injury or illness

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pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic

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poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence

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(of a story) widely believed but untrue

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highest point; the point farthest from the earth; | OP. perigee

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one who writes in defense of a cause or insti- tution; N. apologia

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stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain

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one who abandons his religious faith or politi- cal beliefs; N. apostasy

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pithy, compact saying

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elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something

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dismay; shock deeply

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ghost; phantom

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name; title

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arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. ap- prehension

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fearful; discerning

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acquire; take possession of for one’s own use without permission; set aside for a particular pur- pose; allocate; CF. misappropriate

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subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing

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with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apro- pos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.

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fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land

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person with power to decide a matter in dis- pute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judg- ments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beach ware

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unreasonable or capricious; random; tyranni- cal; Ex. arbitrary ruler

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group of closely located islands

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heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent

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hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work

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slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people

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charge in court; indict

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marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array

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being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done

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deception; trickery

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controlling influence; position of control- ling influence; CF. in the ascendant

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practicing self-denial; avoiding physical plea- sures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism

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stupid; Ex. asinine remarks

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with a sideways or indirect look (with disap- proval or distruct); Ex. look askance at

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analyze (to discover what materials are present); | evaluate (soil or ore)

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state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful ac- tion); Ex. assert one’s independence

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absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the peo- ple of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or think- ing)

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make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

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eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism

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binding; causing contraction | bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism

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wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something | that is to one’s advantage

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into parts; apart; V. sunder

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resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic

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make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for

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brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious

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wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)

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make thin; weaken

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essential quality; V: ascribe; explain

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rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force with- out firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition

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daring; bold; N. audacity

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omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. au- | gur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)

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sun’s corona; halo; bright circle of light

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forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk’s austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathe- dral; N. austerity

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automaton mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself

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offering or providing help; additional or sub- sidiary; N: helper; assistant

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greediness for wealth

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take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy.

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state confidently; declare as true

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reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. | averse to cats/doing the house work

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firm dislike

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prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.

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greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. | avidity

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secondary or minor occupation

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of or like an uncle

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solemn wonder;feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome

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terrible; very bad

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distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry.

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self-evident truth requiring no proof

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- of or pertaining to appeals | - having the power or authority to review and decide appeals, as a court

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the malicious burning of another's house or property or in some statutes the burning of one's own house or property as to collect insurance S: incendiarism, pyromania

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kill by depriving them of air,chock,suffocate,smother

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a person or thing detested or loathed

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any award, honour, or laudatory notice

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an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition, growth in size or extant, build up

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- appealing to ones prejudices; or special interests rather than to ones intellect or reason - attacking on opponents character rather than answering his argument

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- to happen or result as a natural growth, addition | - to be added as a matter of periodic gain or advantage; as interest on money

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agree, consent, to assent tacitly or comply silently or without protest

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to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant, inform, introduce

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the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group

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insult, deliberate act or display of disrespect, a personally offensive act or word, dirty deed, vexation

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- claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case - suppose or affirm to be the case

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- a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something; either directly or by implication - a metaphor; parable S: casual remark, incidental mention, quotation

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- a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy | S: bickering, embroilment, squabbling

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to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory, improve; meliorate

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- ready or willing to answer;act;agree or yield upon to influence, persuasion; or advice, agreeable, submissive, tractable - legally responsible, answerable - capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analysed etc S: acquiescent, biddable, influenceable, persuadable A: uncooperative

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a person not a party to litigation, who volunteers or is invited by the court to give advice upon some matter pending before it

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foresee or predict

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- the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary or musical arts, whose works are characterised chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods - unorthodox, daring, radical

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distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry.

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having absolute unchecked power; dictato- rial; N. autocrat, autocracy

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