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to relinquish power, renounce, abandon, resign

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abdicate
sent: the queen will abdicate her throne on behalf of her son

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to do away with abolish, annul

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abrogate
sent: the board may abroagte the public;s right to speak

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to leave quickly, flee

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abrogate
sent: did the puppy abscond with the steak bones?

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self-disciplines, temperate, moderate

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abstemious
sent: be abstemoius whn our boss is paying for your meal

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to give in, agree, consent

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accede
sent: will the workers accede to the proposed contract

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pinnacle, summit, culmination

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acme
sent: that award marks the acme of her acting career

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insight, wisdom, quickness

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acumen
sent: she is known for having outstanding business acumen

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unyielding, obstinate, inflexible

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adamant
sent: the professor was adamant that all work be in by friday

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to pass judgement, arbitrate, referee

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adjudicate
sent: a panel of musicians will adjudicate the performances

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arrival, beginning, initiation

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advent
sent: daffodils often indicate the advent of warmer weather

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protection, guidance, tutelage

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aegis
sent: the students were under aegis of a group of experts

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attraction, sympathy, resemblance

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affinity
sent: judging by her wardrobe, she has an affinity for ruffles

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to exaggerate, enhance, overdo

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aggrandize
sent: he tends toaggrandize his rather minor achievements

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related on the father’s side

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agnate
sent: in some tribes, the family cinnection is strictly aganate

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enthusiasm, readiness, eagerness

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alacrity
sent” we responded to his sughestion with alacrity

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notwithstanding, although

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albeit
sent: after his fall, his recovery was steady,albeit slow

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to contend, claim, assert

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allege
sent: they continue to allege that the accountant lost their files

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to combine, erge, integrate

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amalgamate
sent: our vilage may amalamate with the town next doors

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surrounding, encircling

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ambient
sent: al of the ambient noises made it to converse

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to improve, upgrade, enhance

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ameliorate
sent: those upgrades will ameliorate internet access

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friendly, cordial, harmonious

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amicable
sent: their divorce was amicable and went foward quickly

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jar, jug

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amphora
sent: feathers in a clay amphora decorated the entrance

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recluse, hermit

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anchorite
sent: he lived as an anchorite with just a cot and his bible

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soul, spirit

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anima
sent: she believes that her anima controls her actions

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ill will, hostility, enmity
animus sent: my animus toward their writer stems from years of abuse
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to strengthen, harden
anneal sent: to anneal glass, you must let it cool slowly
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prewar
antebellum sent: the houses's columns date from the atebellum era
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ancient, prehistoric, primitive
antediluvian sent: caves held the bones of antediluvian creatures
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beekeeping
apiculture sent: he wore a helmet and gloves when engaging in apiculture
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self-confidence, composure, assurance
aplomb sent: despite her youth, she performed with aplomb
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irate, angry, furious
apoplectic sent: the coach was apopletic when his team appeared to give up
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renegade, disbeliever, runaway
apostate sent: having left the mosque, he was considered apostate
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approval, praise, commendation
approbation sent: their splendid duet was greeted by great approbation
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tree-dwelling
arboreal sent: arboreal species often have long, grasping tails
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standard, model, prototype
archetype sent: beelzbub is considered an archetype of evil
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laborious, difficult, demanding
arduous sent: few jobs are more arduous than coal mining
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wall hanging tapestry
arras sent: a woven arras covered one wall of the castle
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craftsperson
artisan sent: i bought the wooden toys from an artisan at the market
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to discover, determine, ensure
ascertain sent: were you able to ascertain the cost of that property
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insinuation, defamation, slur
aspersion sent: his nasty aspersion made his opponent look better to me
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industrious, diligent, persistent
assiduous sent: they are assiduous workers who never seem to tire
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studio, workshop
atelier sent: degas painted daily in his parisian atelier
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bold, overconfident, reckless
audacious sent: her audacious paln reflected her fearless attitude
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grand, impressive, majestic
august sent: the judge made an august enterance inhis flowing robes
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halo, aura
aureole sent: in the painting, a white aureole surrounds mary
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lucky, favorable, fortunate
auspicious sent: sailors believed that a red sunset was an auspicious sign
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sober, plain, severe
austere sent: the mennonite workers dressed in austere garments
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greedy, scquisitive, grasping
avaricious sent: an avaricious fox is bothering the chickens
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like an uncle
avuncular sent: he welcomed his students woth an avuncular greeting
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maxim, truth, principle
axiom sent: one common axiom states that two points define a line
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din, confusion, noise
babel sent: the babel of the marketplace meant that we had to shout
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banter, repartee, chitchat
badinage sent: she liked to engage in flitatious badinage with her classmate
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trifle, triviality
bagetelle sent: their request was a mere bagetelle for the skilled chef
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specialty, field of expertise
bailiwick sent: her bailiwick is the study of freshwater sustainability
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sinister, menacing, malevolent
baleful sent: the vulture gave us a baleful glance before flapping off
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cliched, trire, hackneyed
banal sent: please omit banal phrases from your academic writing
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blight, curse, injury
bane sent: their ancient plumbing is the bane of those homeowners
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mainstay, stronghold
bastion sent: the particular institute is a bastion of conservativism
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open-air market, flea market
bazaar sent: we furnished the room with rare finds from the bazaar
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saintly, blessed, venerable
beatific sent: the monks wrote about their beatific vision of st. jerome
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to entice, charm, captivate
beguile sent: we tried to beguile the famous author ro join us at the table
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command, request, order
behest sent: at the queens behest, the knights patrolled the town
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to secure, make fast
belay sent: as the boats reach the docks, deckhands belay each rope
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to harass, bother, pester
beleaguar sent: swarms of flies beleaguer the cows in the pasture
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to contradict, misrespresent, disprove
belie sent: the new data belie what we had believed earlier
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warlike, agressive, contentious
bellicose sent: his bellicose attitude makes him seem out of control
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hostile, quarrelsome, argumentative
belligerent sent: drunks may become belligerent or clumsy
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kind, charitable, of assistance
beneficent sent: she is known for her beneficent support of local schools
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to scold, reproach, criticize
berate sent: do not berate me for doing what i think is right
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frenzied, crazy, uncontrollable
berserk sent: catnip makes my cat run in berserk circles
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to beg, plead implore
beseech sent: the people bessech their king to keep their nation out of war
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book collector
bibliophile sent: my aunt is a bibliophile who specializes the first edition
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to cheat, swindle, defraud
bilk sent: their plot could bilk retirees out of their pensions
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to cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk
blandish sent: don't try to blandlish me just to gain my forgiveness
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to damage, ruin, disfigure
blight sent: an infestation may blight the entire crop of corn
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to club, beat, bash
bludgeon sent: did he use a bat to bludgeon the escaping theif?
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rowdy, noisy, unruly
boisterous sent: a boisterous crowd ran through the streets after the game
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to prop up, support, encourage
bolster sent: you can bolster the campaign by contributing money

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