| Term | Definition |
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abstain |
to refrain from, keep oneself from |
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alienate |
to make hostile or unfriendly, to estrange |
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assess |
to estimate; to impose a tax, fine, payment |
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assimilate |
to absorb, incorporate, make or become like or part of (that which incorporates it) |
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cajole |
to coax ot wheedle, persuade by flattery |
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concede |
to admit, yield, grant |
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condescend |
to come down to another's level, deign |
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deprecate |
to disapprove, protest against |
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dissipate |
to dispel, waste, live dissolutely |
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elicit |
to draw forth (information) |
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emaciate |
to make very lean |
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exasperate |
to irritate thoroughly, infuriate |
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altercation |
an angry dispute or quarrel |
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anguish |
intense suffering |
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apparition |
specter or phantom, a sudden appearing |
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barrage |
a shower (of artillery fire), a heavy onslaught |
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clairvoyant |
one who has unusual or preternatural insight |
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duplicity |
souble-dealing, deception |
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facade |
the front, or face |
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holocaust |
widespread destruction, especially by fire |