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bastion

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stronghold;fortress;fortified place

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ascendancy

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supremacy; domination

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axiom

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a self-evident rule of truth, a widely accepted saying

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ardent

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passionate, enthusiastic

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augment

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to make bigger, to add to , to increase

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antipathy

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firm dislike

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beget

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to give birth to , to create, to lead to , to cause

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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abate

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to subside, to reduce

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awry

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off course, twisted to one side

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appreciate

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to increase in value

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beset

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to harass, to surround

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amorous

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feeling love, especially in a sexual sense; in love ; relating to love

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austere;

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unadorned, stern, forbidding, without excess

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appropriate

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to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

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archetype

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an original model or pattern

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allusion

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an indirect reference, a hint

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avuncular

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like an uncle, especially a nice uncle

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equine

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horse related

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aberration

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something not typical; a deviation from the standard

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assiduous

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hardworking; busy;quite diligent

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approbation

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approval, praise

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acerbic

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sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood or tone

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assuage

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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

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blatant
1) brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie. 2) offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios. 3) tastelessly conspicuous: the blatant colors of the dress.
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feline
cat related
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blithe
carefree, cheerful
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abnegate
to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce
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ambience
atmosphere; mood; feeling
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burlesque
a ludicrous mocking, lewd imitation
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analogy
a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
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beleaguer
to surround; to besiege; to harass
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avow
to claim, to declare boldly to admit
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bequest
something left to someone in a will
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apocryphal
of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious
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abash
to make ashamed
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benefactor
one who provides help, especially in the form of a give/ donation
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allege
to assert without proof
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abstinent
voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is not good for you
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autonomous
acting independantyl
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belligerent
combative; quarrelsome, waging war
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auspicious
favorable, promising, pointing to a good result
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broach
to open up a subject for discussion often a delicate subject
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autocratic
ruling with absolute authority, extremely bossy
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canine
dog related
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ursine
bear related
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adherent
follower; supporter; believer
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piscine
fish related
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artifice
a clever trick; cunning
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ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
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adroit
skillful, dexterous, clever; shrewd
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artful
crafty; wily;sly
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avarice
greed, excessive love of riches
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audacity
boldness, reckless daring, impertinence
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agnostic
one who believes that the existence of god can be neither proven nor disproven
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banal
unoriginal, ordinary
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apartheid
the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the republic of south africa
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belabor
to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
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blight
a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
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arbiter
one who decides; a judge
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bureaucracy
관료 조직/ 비 능률, 수많은 규제 형식주의로 대변
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affectation
unnatural or artificial behavior; usually intended to impress
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amenable
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable:
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ambivalent
undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
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agrarian
relating to land; relating to the management of farming of land
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abstract
theoratical
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accolade
an award, an honor
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attrition
gradual wearing away, weakening or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers/size
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aristocratic
of noble birth; snobbish
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procine
pig related
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arcane
mysterious; known only to a select few
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bovine
cow related
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burgeon
to expand, to flourish
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apprehensive
worried; anxious
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bourgeois
middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional
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apotheosis
elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something
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alacrity
cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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adverse
unfavorable
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capricious
unpredictable; likely to change at any moment
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bemused
confused, bewildered
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apathy
lack of interest
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benign
gentle, not harmful, kind, mild
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aesthetic
having to do with artistic beauty, artistic
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adulate
wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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belie
to give a false impression of; to contradict
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abysmal
extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless
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abortive
unsuccessful
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anitthesis
the direct opposite
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affinity
sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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affluent
rich, prosperous
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amenity
pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
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anachronism
something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
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bane
poison, torment, cause of harm
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aphorism
a brief often witty saying a proverb
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aloof
uninvolved; standing off keeping one's distance
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abject
hopeless, extremely sad and servile, defeated

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