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Abjure
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renounce or reject solemnly
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Abrogate
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abolish; annul
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Abscission
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act of cutting
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acarpous
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no longer fertile; worn out
effete |
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accretion
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building up; growth
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admonish
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reprove; express warning or disapprove
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adroit
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dexterous; adept; skilled with hands
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adumbrate
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foreshadow; insinuate
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anathema
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religious curse
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anodyne
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soothing
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antipathy
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aversion; hatred
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antithetical
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diametrically opposed;
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apocryphal
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spurious; dubious origin
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apogee
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zenith; top
opposite= perigee |
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apostate
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one who abandons long held belief or political conviction
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apotheosis
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deify; glorification to godliness
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apposite
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appropriate; pertinent
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apprise
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to give notice to
inform |
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arabesque
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complex; complicated
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arcane
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mysterious
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artless
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completely honest
no guile |
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ascetic
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one who practices self denial
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asperity
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severity; rigor; harshness
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aspersion
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act of defamation; maligning
slandering |
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assay
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to experiment; test
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asseverate
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to aver; allege; assert
단언하다 |
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assiduous
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hard working
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attenuate
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weakening; rarefy
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augury
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omen; portent
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auspice
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protection or support; patronage
- the program is under the auspice of the government |
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aver
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assert; to affirm
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baleful
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sinister; pernicious; ominous
-gang member's action was baleful in nature |
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bane
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cause of injury; poison
source of harm |
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beatify
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make happy; to bless
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bedizen
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decorate cheaply
adorn in a cheap manner |
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belie
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beguile; to give false impression
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bellicose
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belligerent; war-like
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bilge
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bulge
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blandish
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today or fawn
cajole; coax; flatter -they blandished the bouncer to get in |
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blithe
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merry
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boisterous
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loud; noisy rough; lacking restraint
-the party was ticketed for being too boisterous at night |
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boor
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insensitive person; lout 촌놈
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burnish
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to polish
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byzantine
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complex
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cabal
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group of plotters
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cachinnate
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laugh out loud
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cadge
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sponge or mooch
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cajole
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coax; flatter
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calumniate
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slander; to make false accusation
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calumny
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slander; aspersion
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caparison
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cheaply adorn; bedizen
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captious
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entrap in argument
hypercritical |
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caret
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cavil
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to find faul w/o good reason
시비걸다, 트집잡다 |
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celerity
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speed
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chasten
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to chastise or correct
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chauvinist
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맹목적 애국심
who blindly devoted patriot |
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chimera
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fire-breathing she-monster
illusion |
