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analogousadjective
Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
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analogynoun
Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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analystnoun
One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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analyzeverb
To examine minutely or critically.
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anarchynoun
Absence or utter disregard of government.
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anathemanoun
Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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anatomynoun
That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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ancestrynoun
One’s ancestors collectively.
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anecdotenoun
A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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anemianoun
Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
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anemicadjective
Affected with anemia.
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anemometernoun
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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anestheticadjective
Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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anewadverb
Once more.
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angelicadjective
Saintly.
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anglophobianoun
Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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anglo-Saxonnoun
The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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angularadjective
Sharp-cornered.
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anhydrousadjective
Withered.
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animadversionnoun
The utterance of criticism or censure.
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animadvertverb
To pass criticism or censure.
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animalculenoun
An animal of microscopic smallness.
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animateverb
To make alive.
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animositynoun
Hatred.
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annalistnoun
Historian.
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annalsnoun
A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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annexverb
To add or affix at the end.
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annihilateverb
To destroy absolutely.
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annotateverb
To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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annualadjective
Occurring every year.
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annuitynoun
An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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annunciationnoun
Proclamation.
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anodenoun
The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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anonymousadjective
Of unknown authorship.
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antagonismnoun
Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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antarcticadjective
Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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anteverb
In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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antecedeverb
To precede.
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antecedentnoun
One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
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antechambernoun
A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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antedateverb
To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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antediluvianadjective
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antemeridianadjective
Before noon.
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antemundaneadjective
Pertaining to time before the world’s creation.
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antenataladjective
Occurring or existing before birth.
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anterioradjective
Prior.
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anteroomnoun
A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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anthologynoun
A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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anthracitenoun
Hard coal.
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anthropologynoun
The science of man in general.
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anthropomorphousadjective
Having or resembling human form.
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anticnoun
A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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antichristnoun
Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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anticlimaxnoun
A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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anticyclonenoun
An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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antidotenoun
Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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antilogynoun
Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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antipathizeverb
To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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antiphonnoun
A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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antiphonynoun
An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antipodesnoun
A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antiquarynoun
One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antiquateverb
To make old or out of date.
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antiqueadjective
Pertaining to ancient times.
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antisepticnoun
Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
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antislaveryadjective
Opposed to human slavery.
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antispasmodicadjective
Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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antistrophenoun
The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in “the home of joy and the joy of home”.
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antitoxinnoun
A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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antonymnoun
A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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anxiousadjective
Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
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apathynoun
Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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aperturenoun
Hole.
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apexnoun
The highest point, as of a mountain.
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aphorismnoun
Proverb.
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apiarynoun
A place where bees are kept.
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apogeenoun
The climax.
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apologynoun
A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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apostasynoun
A total departure from one’s faith or religion.
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apostateadjective
False.
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apostlenoun
Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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apothecarynoun
One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
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apotheosisnoun
Deification.
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appallverb
To fill with dismay or horror.
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apparentadjective
Easily understood.
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apparitionnoun
Ghost.
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appeaseverb
To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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appellateadjective
Capable of being appealed to.
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appellationnoun
The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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appendverb
To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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appertainverb
To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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appositeadjective
Appropriate.
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appositionnoun
The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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appraiseverb
To estimate the money value of.
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appreciableadjective
Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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apprehendverb
To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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apprehensibleadjective
Capable of being conceived.
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approbationnoun
Sanction.
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appropriateadjective
Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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aqueductnoun
A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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aqueousadjective
Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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arbiternoun
One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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arbitraryadjective
Fixed or done capriciously.
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arbitrateverb
To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arbornoun
A tree.
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arborealadjective
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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arborescentadjective
Having the nature of a tree.
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arboretumnoun
A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arboriculturenoun
The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arcadenoun
A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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archaicadjective
Antiquated
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archaismnoun
Obsolescence.
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archangelnoun
An angel of high rank.
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archbishopnoun
The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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archdeaconnoun
A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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archaeologynoun
The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
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archetypenoun
A prototype.
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archipelagonoun
Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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ardentadjective
Burning with passion.
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ardornoun
Intensity of passion or affection.
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aridadjective
Very dry.
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aristocracynoun
A hereditary nobility
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aristocratnoun
A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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armadanoun
A fleet of war-vessels.
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armfulnoun
As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
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armorynoun
An arsenal.
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aromanoun
An agreeable odor.
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arraignverb
To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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arrangeverb
To put in definite or proper order.
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arrangementnoun
The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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arrantadjective
Notoriously bad.
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arrearnoun
Something overdue and unpaid.
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arrivalnoun
A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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arrogantadjective
Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrogateverb
To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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artesian wellnoun
A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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artfuladjective
Characterized by craft or cunning.
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arthurianadjective
Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
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artificenoun
Trickery.
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artlessadjective
Ingenuous.
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ascendantadjective
Dominant.
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ascensionnoun
The act of rising.
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ascentnoun
A rising, soaring, or climbing.
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asceticadjective
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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ascribeverb
To assign as a quality or attribute.
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asexualadjective
Having no distinct sexual organs.
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ashenadjective
Pale.
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askanceadverb
With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
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asperitynoun
Harshness or roughness of temper.
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aspirantnoun
One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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aspirationnoun
An earnest wish for that which is above one’s present reach.
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aspireverb
To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
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assailantnoun
One who attacks.
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assassinnoun
One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
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assassinateverb
To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
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assassinationnoun
Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
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assaynoun
The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
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assentverb
To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
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assessverb
To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
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assessornoun
An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
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assetsnoun
pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
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assiduousadjective
Diligent.
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assigneenoun
One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
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assimilateverb
To adapt.
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assonancenoun
Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
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assonantadjective
Having resemblance of sound.
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assonateverb
To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
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assuageverb
To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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astringentadjective
Harsh in disposition or character.
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astuteadjective
Keen in discernment.
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atheismnoun
The denial of the existence of God.
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athirstadjective
Wanting water.
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athwartadverb
From side to side.
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atomizernoun
An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
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atoneverb
To make amends for.
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atonementnoun
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
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atrociousadjective
Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
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atrocitynoun
Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
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attachenoun
A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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attestverb
To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
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attorney-generalnoun
The chief law-officer of a government.
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auburnadjective
Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
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audaciousadjective
Fearless.
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audibleadjective
Loud enough to be heard.
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auditionnoun
The act or sensation of hearing.
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auditoryadjective
Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
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augmentverb
To make bigger.
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augurverb
To predict.
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augustinianadjective
Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
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auranoun
Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
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auraladjective
Of or pertaining to the ear.
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auriclenoun
One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
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auricularadjective
Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
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auriferousadjective
Containing gold.
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auroranoun
A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
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auspicenoun
favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
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austereadjective
Severely simple; unadorned.
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autarchynoun
Unrestricted power.
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authenticadjective
Of undisputed origin.
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authenticitynoun
The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
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autobiographynoun
The story of one’s life written by himself.
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autocracynoun
Absolute government.
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autocratnoun
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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automatonnoun
Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
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autonomousadjective
Self-governing.
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autonomynoun
Self-government.
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autopsynoun
The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
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autumnaladjective
Of or pertaining to autumn.
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auxiliarynoun
One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
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avalanchenoun
The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
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avaricenoun
Passion for getting and keeping riches.
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aververb
To assert as a fact.
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averseadjective
Reluctant.
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aversionnoun
A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
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avertverb
To turn away or aside.
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aviarynoun
A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
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aviditynoun
Greediness.
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avocationnoun
Diversion.
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avowverb
To declare openly.
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awakenverb
To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
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awryadverb & adjective
Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
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ayeadverb
An expression of assent.
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azaleanoun
A flowering shrub.
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azurenoun
The color of the sky.
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baconianadjective
Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
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bacteriumnoun
A microbe.
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badgerverb
To pester.
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baffleverb
To foil or frustrate.
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bailiffnoun
An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
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baizenoun
A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
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balenoun
A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
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balefuladjective
Malignant.
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balladnoun
Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
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balsamnoun
A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
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banaladjective
Commonplace.
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barcarolenoun
A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
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barographnoun
An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
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barometernoun
An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
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barringpreposition
Apart from.
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baritoneadjective
Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
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baskverb
To make warm by genial heat.
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bassadjective
Low in tone or compass.
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basteverb
To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
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batonnoun
An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
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battalionnoun
A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
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battennoun
A narrow strip of wood.
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batternoun
A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
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baublenoun
A trinket.
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bawlverb
To proclaim by outcry.
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beatifyverb