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Actuary
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Noun, A person who calculates insurance premiums, dividends, and the like.
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Agile
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Adj, Well-coordinated and quick of movement or thought
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Alienate
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Verb, to set apart from
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Altercation
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Noun, a heated up or angry argument; a noisy quarrel
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Ambiguous
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Adj, Having more than one possible meaning; vague and uncertain
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Amiable
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Adj, Generally pleasant, friendly, and nice
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Amity
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Noun, Condition of calm/peaceful and mutual good will
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Amorist
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Noun, One who spends much time at love-making
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Animated
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Adj, Filled with life and spirit; active
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Inalienable
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Adj, that which cannot be taken away or withheld
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Inanimate
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Adj, Possessing neither life nor spirit, never had life
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Magnanimous
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Adj, Concern with other people, never ones self
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Antebellum
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Adj, Before the war, especially the American Civil War
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Audition
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Noun, A hearing, as a test for an actor or musician
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Auditory
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Adj, Related to the sense of hearing
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Avian
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Adj, Characteristic of or pertaining to birds
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Aviary
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Noun, an elaborate structure for housing birds
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Avionics
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Noun, the technology of electronic aviation equipment
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Bellicose
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Adj, eager to fight; generally quarrelsome
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Belligerency
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Noun, the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action
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Benefactor
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Noun, a person who gives another financial help; a patron.
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Beneficiary
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Noun, one who recieves the benefit of payment; as form of insurance policy
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Benign
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Adj, Gracious, abstract, kindly
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Inaudible
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Adj, Cannot be heard by the human ear
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Annuity
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Noun, a fixed amount of money paid or recieved at regular intervals
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Aqua
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Noun, the color of the sea
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Aquaculture
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Noun, the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food
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Aqueous
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Adj, Like, of, or formed by water
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Armada
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Noun, a fleet of warships
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Armature
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Noun, the equipment worn for battle, or any protective covering
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Armistice
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Noun, a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement
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Artifact
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Noun, any object produced by (the art of) the human hand
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Artifice
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Noun, cunning ingenuity; clever and sly trickery
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Artisan
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Noun, a person skilled at craft
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Perennial
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Adj, year after year; throughout the years
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Superannuated
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Adj, Worn out from age and years of hard work; do not use for humans
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Bicentennial
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Noun, a celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary
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Centenarian
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Noun, a person who has lived to be one hundred years old
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Centurion
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Noun-Adj, a roman officer commanding on hundred men; related to favoring military solutions to social problems
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Claimant
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Noun, one who seeks financial recovery, as in court or from an insurance company
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Concise
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Adj, covering much in few words; brief and to the point
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Concordance
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Noun, an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from the writer's works
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Cordial
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Adj, of the heart, warm and sincere
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Discordant
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Adj, harsh and disagreeing; inharmonious
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Genocide
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Noun, the systematic extermination of an entire ethnic group
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Incisive
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Adj, kennly penetrating; slicing into
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Proclamation
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Noun, an offical statement (announcement) informing or honoring
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Reclaim
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Verb, to restore to former importance or usefulenss
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Accede
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Verb, to give in to; to assume official responsibilty
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Bona fide
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Adj, Authentic, genuine, real
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Bonanza
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Noun, a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches
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Bounteous
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Adj, generous, plentiful, abundent
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Capitalize
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Verb, to turn to one's advantage or profit
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Capitulation
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Noun, a surrendering, giving up, conceding
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Carnage
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Noun, a great slaughter, a lot of lives lost at the same time
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Carnivorous
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Adj, flesh eating, as an animal, meat eating
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Incarnate
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Adj, in the flesh; in bodily form
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Precedent
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Noun, a previous act descision taken as a valid model
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Recapitulation
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Noun, a brief repetition made in order to remind
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Recession
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Noun, a backing up or withdrawing, a time of slow economic activity
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Bon, Boun
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Good
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Capit, Capt
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Head, Chief
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Carn
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Flesh
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Ced
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Go, yeild surrender
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Cent
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Hundred
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Cid
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Cut, kill
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Clam, Claim
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Shout
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Cord, Cour
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Heart
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Annu, Enn
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Year
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Aqu
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Water
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Arm
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Arm, Weapon
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Art
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Art, Craft, Skill
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Ag, Act, Ig
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Do, Drive, Carry on
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Ali, Alter
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Another, other
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Am
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Love
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Anim
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life, Spirit
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Aud
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Hear, Listen
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Avi
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Bird
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Bell
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War
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Ben
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Good, Well
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