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humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem


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embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert


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subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity


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make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase


Spelling Word: abbreviate
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim


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abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm


Spelling Word: aberrant
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage


Spelling Word: abet
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suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension


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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate


Spelling Word: abhor
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being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status


Spelling Word: abject
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renounce upon oath; abandon forever


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washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite


Spelling Word: ablution
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repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others


Spelling Word: abnegation
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act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place


Spelling Word: abode
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cancel; put an end to; destroy completely


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detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad


Spelling Word: abominable
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being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native


Spelling Word: aboriginal
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unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless


Spelling Word: abortive
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rubbing away; tending to grind down


Spelling Word: abrasive
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condense; shorten; reduce length of written text


Spelling Word: abridge
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority


Spelling Word: abrogate
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution


Spelling Word: abscond
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perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain


Spelling Word: absolute
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let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation


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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate


Spelling Word: abstemious
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restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire


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theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand


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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.


Spelling Word: abstruse
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coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use


Spelling Word: abusive
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border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent


Spelling Word: abut
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bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad


Spelling Word: abysmal
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enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell


Spelling Word: abyss
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related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education


Spelling Word: academic
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agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede


Spelling Word: accede
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move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected


Spelling Word: accelerate
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easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with


Spelling Word: accessible
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additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item


Spelling Word: accessory
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applaud; announce with great approval


Spelling Word: acclaim
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accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt


Spelling Word: acclimate
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upward slope, as of hill


Spelling Word: acclivity
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise


Spelling Word: accolade
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do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for


Spelling Word: accommodate
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partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing


Spelling Word: accomplice
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settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states


Spelling Word: accord
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approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request


Spelling Word: accost
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growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion


Spelling Word: accretion
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increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time


Spelling Word: accrue
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bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone


Spelling Word: acerbity
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having properties of vinegar; sour


Spelling Word: acetic
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slightly sour in taste or in manner; sharp; caustic


Spelling Word: acidulous
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declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks


Spelling Word: acknowledge
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the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal


Spelling Word: acme
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skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents, characterized by red pimples, caused by inflammation


Spelling Word: acne
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in


Spelling Word: acoustics
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assent; agree without protesting


Spelling Word: acquiesce
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state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty


Spelling Word: acquittal
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent


Spelling Word: acrid
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bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner


Spelling Word: acrimonious
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places


Spelling Word: acrophobia
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calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics


Spelling Word: actuarial
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put into motion or action; activate


Spelling Word: actuate
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sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness


Spelling Word: acuity
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mental keenness; quickness of perception


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quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe


Spelling Word: acute
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wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom


Spelling Word: adage
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding


Spelling Word: adamant
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make fit for; change to suit a new purpose


Spelling Word: adapt
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something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book


Spelling Word: addendum
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compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something


Spelling Word: addiction
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused


Spelling Word: addle
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude


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stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with


Spelling Word: adhere
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person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause


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adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near


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something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior


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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided


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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments


Spelling Word: adorn
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions


Spelling Word: adroit
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise


Spelling Word: adulation
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances


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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important


Spelling Word: advent
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accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically


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opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition


Spelling Word: adversary
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in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose


Spelling Word: adverse
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune


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support; active pleading on behalf of something


Spelling Word: advocacy
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something


Spelling Word: advocate
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste


Spelling Word: aesthetic
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easily approachable; warmly friendly


Spelling Word: affable
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speaking or behaving in artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked


Spelling Word: affected
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written statement made under oath


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partnership; alliance; association in the same family or society


Spelling Word: affiliation
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage


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positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath


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cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress


Spelling Word: affliction
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abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth


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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect


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items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered


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collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass


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increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation


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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to


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struck by shock, terror, or amazement


Spelling Word: aghast
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mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly


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cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb


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one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality


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pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters


Spelling Word: agrarian
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cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness


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medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming


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nook; small, recessed section of a room


Spelling Word: alcove
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assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily


Spelling Word: alias
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cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally


Spelling Word: alienate
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providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion


Spelling Word: alimentary
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payment by a husband to his divorced wife, or vice versa


Spelling Word: alimony
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calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve


Spelling Word: allay
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state without proof; assert to be true


Spelling Word: allege
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loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion


Spelling Word: allegiance
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symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form


Spelling Word: allegory
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part


Spelling Word: alleviate
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repetition of beginning sound in poetry


Spelling Word: alliteration
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assign; distribute according to plan


Spelling Word: allocate
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combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate


Spelling Word: alloy
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refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion


Spelling Word: allude
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attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive


Spelling Word: allure
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in or into a high place; high or higher up


Spelling Word: aloft
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noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy


Spelling Word: altercation
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unselfishly generous; concerned for others


Spelling Word: altruistic
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combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury


Spelling Word: amalgamate
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collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit


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capable of using either hand with equal ease


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particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment


Spelling Word: ambience
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unclear or doubtful in meaning


Spelling Word: ambiguous
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate


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moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely


Spelling Word: amble
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something with delicious flavor or fragrance; fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut


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able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary


Spelling Word: ambulatory
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disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station


Spelling Word: ambush
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make or become better; improve; grow better


Spelling Word: ameliorate
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responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable


Spelling Word: amenable
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change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors


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convenient features; courtesies


Spelling Word: amenities
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly


Spelling Word: amiable
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome


Spelling Word: amicable
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out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty


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friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations


Spelling Word: amity
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partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness


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general pardon granted by government, especially for political offenses


Spelling Word: amnesty
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lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong.


Spelling Word: amoral
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moved by sexual love; loving


Spelling Word: amorous
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formless; lacking shape or definition


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able to live both on land and in water


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oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena


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more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large


Spelling Word: ample
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cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune


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object worn, especially around neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm


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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness


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comparable; similar or alike


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similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity


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person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority


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absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion


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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse


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family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage


Spelling Word: ancestry
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secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate


Spelling Word: anchor
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serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary


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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography


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condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality


Spelling Word: anemia
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substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling


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agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering


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sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner


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having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon


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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act


Spelling Word: animosity
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feeling of enmity or ill will; attitude that informs one's actions; disposition


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chronological record of the events of successive years


Spelling Word: annals
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append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit


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destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence


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comment; make explanatory notes


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annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year


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make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing


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source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain


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apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.


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deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule


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irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order


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state of being nameless; one that is unknown or unacknowledged


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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor


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precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order


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preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background


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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times


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song of praise or patriotism; song of devotion or loyalty


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book of literary selections by various authors


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manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance


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one who studies history and science of mankind


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having human form or characteristics


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letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise


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medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts


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strong feeling of aversion; dislike


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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged


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