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affable |
Easy to approach. |
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affect |
To act upon |
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affectation |
A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. |
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affiliate |
Some auxiliary person or thing. |
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affirmative |
Answering yes; to a question at issue. |
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affix |
To fasten. |
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affluence |
A profuse or abundant supply of riches. |
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affront |
An open insult or indignity. |
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afire |
& adj. On fire, literally or figuratively. |
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afoot |
In progress. |
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aforesaid |
Said in a preceding part or before. |
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afresh |
Once more, after rest or interval. |
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afterthought |
A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time. |
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agglomerate |
To pile or heap together. |
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aggrandize |
To cause to appear greatly. |
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aggravate |
To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. |
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aggravation |
The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc. |
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aggregate |
The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something. |
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aggress |
To make the first attack. |
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aggression |
An unprovoked attack. |
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aggrieve |
To give grief or sorrow to. |
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aghast |
Struck with terror and amazement. |
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agile |
Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. |
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agitate |
To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). |
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agrarian |
Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. |
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aide-de-camp |
An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. |
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ailment |
Slight sickness. |
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airy |
Delicate, ethereal. |
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akin |
Of similar nature or qualities. |
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alabaster |
A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. |
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alacrity |
Cheerful willingness. |
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albeit conj |
Even though. |
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albino |
A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris. |
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album |
A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like. |
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alchemy |
Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold. |
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alcohol |
A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste. |
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alcoholism |
A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages. |
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alcove |
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. |
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alder |
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. |
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alderman |
A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions. |
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aldermanship |
The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman. |
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alias |
An assumed name. |
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alien |
One who owes allegiance to a foreign government. |
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alienable |
Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. |
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alienate |
To cause to turn away. |
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alienation |
Estrangement. |
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aliment |
That which nourishes. |
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alkali |
Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc. |
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allay |
To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. |
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allege |
To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court. |
