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08/09/2011
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abash
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embarrass
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abate
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subside or moderate
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abase
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lower, degrade, humiliate
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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aberration
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abnormality, mental irregularity
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abet
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assist, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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detest, hate
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abject
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wretched, lacking pride
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abjure
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renounce upon oath, disavow
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abulation
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washing. "His daily abulations"
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abnegation
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renunciation, self-sacrafice
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abonimable
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detestable
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aboriginal
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being the first of its kind in a region
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abortive
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unsuccessful, fruitless
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abrogate
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abolish
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abscission
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removal by cutting off, as in surgery; separation
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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absolve
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pardon(an offense)
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking
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abstruse
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obscure, profound, difficult to understand
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abut
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border upon; adjoin
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abysmal
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bottomless
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accede
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agree
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accost
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approach and speak first to a person
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accoutre/accoutred
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equip
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accretion
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growth, increase
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acerbic
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bitter or sour in nature;sharp and cutting. usually refers to humor or people.
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acquiesce/acquiescence/acquiescent
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assent; agree passively
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acrimonious
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bitter in words or manner
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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actuarial
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calculating, pertaining to insurance statistics
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actuate
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motivate
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addle
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muddle, drive crazy, become rotten
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admonish
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warn, reprove
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adroit(adj)
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skillful
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