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aggregate

gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
E.g.Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time.

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aghast

struck by shock, terror, or amazement
E.g.The film grabs you by the throat so that any feeling of being aghast is contained – and you hold on to that feeling up to the very last scene.

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agility

mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
E.g.The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.

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agitate

cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
E.g.Since President has now announced that Emergency, the only demand that the lawyers can now agitate is the restoration of the old Supreme Court.

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agnostic

one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
E.g.William's presence by so much as a purr or a claw, and I have noticed that the agnostic is the only creature living who can treat a preacher with so much contempt.

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agrarian

pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
E.g.The economic relationship between the two nations has expanded during the past decade amid China's economic boom and Argentina's rise in agrarian production.

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alacrity

cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
E.g.Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity.

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alchemy

medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
E.g.The changing of baser metals into gold was the goal of the students of alchemy in medieval.

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alcove

nook; small, recessed section of a room
E.g.In front of centre window in alcove is a small table on which is a parlour lamp, and some newspapers, including the "New York Sun."

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alias

assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
E.g.Since the alias is already defined in our management pack it should work fine.

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alienate

cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
E.g.We could not see what should again alienate us from one another, or how one brother could again oppress another.

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alimentary

providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
E.g.The alimentary canal in our bodies is so named because digestion of foods occurs there.

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alimony

payment by a husband to his divorced wife, or vice versa
E.g.Also, payer and payee can't file joint tax returns in the same year alimony is paid.

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allay

calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
E.g.The crew tried to allay the fears of the passengers by announcing that the fire had been controlled.

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allege

state without proof; assert to be true
E.g.If what Justice Department prosecutors allege is true, the five guards should have to answer for what happened on Sept. 16, 2007.

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allegiance

loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
E.g.They didn't want to salute the flag, saying that kind of allegiance is only for God.

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allegory

symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
E.g.Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the temptations and victories of man's soul.

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alleviate

provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
E.g.This should alleviate the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs.

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alliteration

repetition of beginning sound in poetry
E.g."The furrow followed free" is an example of alliteration.

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allocate

assign; distribute according to plan
E.g.Even though the Red Cross did allocate a large sum for the relief of the sufferers of the disaster, many people perished.