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Adverse

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Unfavorable

Antagonistic

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Adulterate

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To contaminate

To make impure

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with artistic beauty

Artistic

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Affable

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Easy to talk to

Friendly

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Affectation

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Unnatural or artificial nature

Intended to impress

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Affinity

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Sympathy
Attraction
Kinship
Similarity

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Affluent

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Rich

Prosperous

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Agenda

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Program

The things to be done

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Aggregate

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A collection of separate things mixed together

Sum total

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Agnostic

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One who believes that the existence if a god can be neither proven or disproven

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Agrarian

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Having to do with land

Relating to the management of a farm

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Alacrity

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Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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Allege

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To assert without proof

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Alleviate

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To relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely
To lessen
To make bearable

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Allocate

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To distribute
To assign
To allot

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Alloy

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A combination of two or more things, usually metals

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Allusion

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An indirect reference(of a literary work)

A hint

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Aloof

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Uninvolved
Standing off
Keeping one’s distance

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Altruism

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Selflessness
Generosity
Devotion to the interests of others

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Ambience

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Atmosphere
Mood
Feeling

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Ambiguous

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Unclear in meaning
Confusing
Capable of being interpreted in many different ways.

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Ambivalent

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Undecided

Having opposing feelings simultaneously

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable

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Amenable

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Obedient
William to give in to the wishes of another
Agreeable

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Amenity

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Pleasantness

Attractive or comfortable feature