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abacus
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frame with calls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen
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abdication
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giving up power
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aberration
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straying away from normal
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abet
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to encourage wrong doing
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abeyance
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suspended in action
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abhor
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to hate
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abide
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to be faithful
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abjure
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to promise to give up
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abraded
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worn away by friction
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abrogate
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to take back by authority
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abscond
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to run from the law
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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abut
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to border
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abysmal
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bottomless
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acarpous
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no longer fertil
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acclaimed
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praised
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accolade
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praise
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accretion
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many things to one
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adament
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stubborn
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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to add beauty
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adulteration
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making unpure
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affable
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friendly
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affinity
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close connection
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aggravate
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to make worse
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agile
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quick-moving
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agog
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eager
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ail
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to be sick
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alacrity
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eager readiness
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alcove
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partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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loyalty
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alleviate
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to make less
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alloy
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to mis with something inferior
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aloof
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indifferent
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amalgamate
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to combine
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ambidextrous
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able to use both hands
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ambiguous
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unlcear
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ambivalent
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having different meanings
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ameliorate
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to make better
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amortize
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to end by setting aside money
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anguish
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severe suffering
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animosity
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hate
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antidote
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medicine to cure disease
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antithetical
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direct opposite
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
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self confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons beliefs
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apotheosis
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glorification to godliness
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appease
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to calm
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apprehensive
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feeling fear of the future
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apprise
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to inform
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation
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apt
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well-suited
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