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Abscond

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To leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law

After being released he was still to abscond with penalty charges

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Abberant

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Deviating from normal or correct

The home team had an aberrant performance

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Advocate

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N. To speak, plead, or argue for a cause, or in another’s behalf

After he fell asleep in class he was asked to advocate.

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Aggrandize

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To increase

He tried to aggrandize his salary by working overtime

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Amalgamate

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To unite or mix

Two separate groups went to amalgamate

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Ambrosial

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Extremely pleasing to the senses, divine, or delicious

I ate an ambrosial meal

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Ameliorate

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To relieve, as in pain or hardship

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Anomalous

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Peculiar,unique,out of the norm

Her injury suddenly improved her back pain

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Antediluvian

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Ancient

The bottle note found washed up by the sea was antediluvian

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Antipathy

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Hostility toward, objection, or aversion to

He showed no antipathy towards the cops

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Arbitrate

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To settle a dispute by impulse

He went to arbitrate with the governor

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Assuage

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To make less severe: to appease or satisfy

He ate to assuage his hunger

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Attenuate

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Weaken

Tom made spoiled food to attenuate his opponent

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Audacious

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Extremely bold; fearless, especially said of human behavior

He ran three miles because he was audacious

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Aver

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To declare

He was to aver that the room needs to be clean

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Banal

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Commonplace or trite

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Blandishments

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Speech or action interred to coax someone into doing something

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Bombast

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Pompous speech

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Breach

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A lapse, gap or break, as I’m a fortress wall. To break or breakthrough, ex: unfortunately, the club members never forgot his breach of etiquette; not to be confused with broach, as in to bring up a difficult subject in discussion

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Burgeon

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To grow or flourish

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Buttress

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Support

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Cadge

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To get something by taking advantage of someone

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Caprice

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Impulse

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Cadge

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To get something by taking advantage of someone

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Castigate

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To chastise or criticize severely

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Catalyst

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An agent of change

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Capable of dissolving by chemical action, highly critical

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Caustic

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Chicanery

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Deception by trickery

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Complaisant

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Willingly compliant or accepting of status quo

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Conflagration

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A great fire

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Corporeal

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Of having to do with material, as oppose to spiritual; tangible.

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Corporal

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Of the body

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Corroborate

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To strengthen or support

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Craven

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Cowardly; a coward

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Culpable

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Deserving of blame