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acquittance |
Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. |
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acreage |
Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. |
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acrid |
Harshly pungent or bitter. |
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acrimonious |
Full of bitterness. |
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acrimony |
Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. |
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actionable |
Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words. |
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actuality |
Any reality. |
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actuary |
An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums. |
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actuate |
To move or incite to action. |
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acumen |
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. |
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acute |
Having fine and penetrating discernment. |
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adamant |
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. |
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addendum |
Something added, or to be added. |
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addle |
To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. |
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adduce |
To bring forward or name for consideration. |
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adhere |
To stick fast or together. |
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adherence |
Attachment. |
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adherent |
Clinging or sticking fast. |
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adhesion |
The state of being attached or joined. |
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adieu |
Good-by; farewell. |
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adjacency |
The state of being adjacent. |
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adjacent |
That which is near or bordering upon. |
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adjudge |
To award or bestow by formal decision. |
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adjunct |
Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place. |
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adjuration |
A vehement appeal. |
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adjutant |
Auxiliary. |
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administrator |
One who manages affairs of any kind. |
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admissible |
Having the right or privilege of entry. |
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admittance |
Entrance, or the right or permission to enter. |
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admonish |
To warn of a fault. |
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admonition |
Gentle reproof. |
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ado |
unnecessary activity or ceremony. |
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adoration |
Profound devotion. |
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adroit |
Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
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adulterant |
An adulterating substance. |
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adulterate |
To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients. |
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adumbrate |
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. |
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advent |
The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage. |
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adverse |
Opposing or opposed. |
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adversity |
Misfortune. |
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advert |
To refer incidentally. |
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advertiser |
One who advertises, especially in newspapers. |
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advisory |
Not mandatory. |
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advocacy |
The act of pleading a cause. |
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advocate |
One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court. |
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aerial |
Of, pertaining to, or like the air. |
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aeronaut |
One who navigates the air, a balloonist. |
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aeronautics |
the art or practice of flying aircraft |
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aerostat |
A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air. |
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aerostatics |
The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties. |
