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abjure
to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
adumbrate
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
anathema
a solemn or ecclesiastical curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
anodyne
soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
apogee
farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
apostate
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
apotheosis
deification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfection
asperity
severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
asseverate
to aver, allege, assert
assiduous
diligent, hard-working, sedulous
augury
omen, portent
bellicose
belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
calumniate
to slander, make a false accusation; calumny means slander, aspersion
captious
disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
cavil
to find fault without good reason