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  1. Abate: To reduce in amount, degree, or severity
  2. Aberrant: Deviating from what is normal or expected
  3. Aberration: A deviation from what is normal
  4. Abscond: To leave secretly
  5. Abstain: To choose not to do something
  6. Abysmal: Extremely bad
  7. Abyss: An extremely deep hole
  8. Abyssal: Pertaining to great depth
  9. Adulterate: To make impure
  10. Advocacy: Active support for
  11. Advocate: To speak in favor of
  12. Aesthete: Someone unusually sensitive to beauty
  13. Aesthetic: Concerning the appreciation of beauty
  14. Aestheticism: Devoted to beauty
  15. Aggrandize: To increase in power, influence and reputation
  16. Alacrity: Speed or quickness
  17. Alleviate: To make more bearable
  18. Amalgam: A mixture, expecially of two metals
  19. Amalgamate: To combine, to mix together
  20. Ambiguity: The quality of being ambiguous
  21. Ambiguous: Doubtful or uncertain, can be interpreted several ways
  22. Ameliorate: To make better; to improve
  23. Anachronism: Something out of place in time
  24. Analogous: similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
  25. Analogue: something that is similar in some way to something else
  26. Analogy: a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar
  27. Anomalous: Deviating from what is normal
  28. Anomaly: deviation from what is normal
  29. Antagonist: Someone who fights another
  30. Antagonistic: Tending to provoke conflict
  31. Antagonize: to annoy or provoke to anger
  32. Antipathy: extreme dislike
  33. Apathy: Lack of interest or emotion
  34. Apocryphal: of questionable authority or authenticity
  35. Approbate: to authorize
  36. Approbation: approval and praise
  37. Arbitrary: determined by chance or impulse
  38. Arbitrate: to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
  39. Arbitration: a process by which a conflict is resolved
  40. Arbitrator: a judge
  41. Archaic: ancient, old-fashioned
  42. Archaism: an outdated word or phrase
  43. Ardent: Expressing ardor; passionate
  44. Ardor: intense and passionate feeling
  45. Articulate: able to speak clearly and expressively
  46. Assuage: to make something unpleasant less severe
  47. Attenuate: reduce in force or degree; weaken
  48. Audacious: fearless and daring
  49. Audacity: the quality of being audacious
  50. Austere: severe or stern in appearance; understood
  51. Austerity: severity, especially poverty
  52. Banal: predictable, cliched, boring
  53. Banality: something that is banal
  54. Bolster: support, prop up
  55. Bomabast: pompous speech or writing
  56. Bombastic: pompous in speech and manner
  57. Burgeon: to grow and flourish
  58. Burnish: to polish
  59. Cacophony: harsh, jarring noise
  60. Candid: impartial and honest in speech
  61. Caprice: whim, sudden fancy
  62. Capricious: changing one's mind quickly and often
  63. Castigate: To punish or criticize harshly
  64. Catalyst: Something that brings about a change in something else
  65. Catalyze: To bring about a change in something else
  66. Caustic: Biting in wit
  67. Chaos: Great disorder or confused situation
  68. Chaotic: Jumbled, confused
  69. Chauvinist: Someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to
  70. Chicanery: Deception by means of craft or guile
  71. Circumspect: Catious, aware of potential consequences
  72. Coalesce: To grow together to form a single whole
  73. Cogent: convincing and well-reasoned
  74. Cognition: knowledge
  75. Cognitive: to do with the powers of reasoning
  76. Concoluted: intricate and complicated
  77. Condone: to overlook, pardon or disregard
  78. Congitate: to think deeply
  79. Connoisseur: a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes
  80. Corroborate: supporting evidence
  81. Credulity: The quality of being credulous
  82. Credulous: too trusting; gullible
  83. Crescendo: steadily increasing in volume or force
  84. Decorous: conforming to acceptable standards
  85. Decorum: appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
  86. Defer: either to delay or show someone deference
  87. Deference: respect, courtesy
  88. Deferent: courteous and respectful
  89. Deride: to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock
  90. Derision: mockery and taunts
  91. Derisive: in a mocking manner
  92. Desiccant: something that removes water from another substance
  93. Desiccate: to dry out thoroughly
  94. Desultory: jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
  95. Diatribe: an abusive, condemnatory speech
  96. Dielettante: someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
  97. Diffident: lacking self-confidence
  98. Dilate: to make larger, expand
  99. Dilatory: intended to delay
  100. Dirge: a funeral hymn or mournful speech
  101. Disabuse: set right, free from error
  102. Discern: to perceive or recognize
  103. Discernment: taste and cultivation
  104. Disparate: fundementally different; entirely unlike
  105. Dissemble: to present a flase appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or charter
  106. Dissonance: a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
  107. Dogma: a firmly helf opinion, especcially a religious belief
  108. Dupe: to deceive or a person who is easily deceived
  109. Efficacious: effective, productive
  110. Efficacy: effectiveness
  111. Emulate: to copy; to try to equal or excel