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amorous
adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.
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amorphous
adj. Without determinate shape.
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amour
n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
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ampere
n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.
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ampersand
n. The character &; and.
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amphibious
adj. Living both on land and in water.
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Amphitheater
n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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Amputate
v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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anachronism
n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
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Anagram
n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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Analogous
- adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion,
- relations.
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analogy
- n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others
- are formed.
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Analyst
n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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Analyze
v. To examine minutely or critically.
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anarchy
n. Absence or utter disregard of government.
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anathema
n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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Anatomy
n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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Ancestry
n. One's ancestors collectively.
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Anecdote
n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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Anemia
n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
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Anemic
adj. Affected with anemia.
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Anemometer
n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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Anesthetic
adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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Anglophobia
n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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Anglo-Saxon
- n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States,
- or India.
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Angular
adj. Sharp-cornered.
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Animadversion
n. The utterance of criticism or censure.
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Animadvert
v. To pass criticism or censure.
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Animalcule
n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
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Animate
v. To make alive.
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Annals
n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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Annex
v. To add or affix at the end.
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Annihilate
v. To destroy absolutely.
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Annotate
v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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Annual
adj. Occurring every year.
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Annuity
n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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Annunciation
n. Proclamation.
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Anode
n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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Anonymous
adj. Of unknown authorship.
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Antagonism
- n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or
- persons.
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Antarctic
adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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Ante
v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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Antecedent
- n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank,
- order, or causality.
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Antechamber
n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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Antedate
v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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Antediluvian
adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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Antemeridian
adj. Before noon.
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Antemundane
adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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Antenatal
adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
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Anteroom
n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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Anthology
n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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Anthropology
n. The science of man in general.
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Anthropomorphous
adj. Having or resembling human form.
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Antic
n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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Antichrist
n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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Anticlimax
n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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Anticyclone
n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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Antidote
- n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the
- like.
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Antilogy
n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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Antipathize
v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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Antiphon
n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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Antiphony
n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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Antipodes
n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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Antiquary
n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antiquate
v. To make old or out of date.
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Antique
adj. Pertaining to ancient times.
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Antiseptic
n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive microorganisms.
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Antislavery
adj. Opposed to human slavery.
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Antispasmodic
adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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Antistrophe
- n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in the home of joy and
- the joy of home.
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Antitoxin
n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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Antonym
n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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Anxious
adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
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Apathy
n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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Apex
n. The highest point, as of a mountain.
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Apiary
n. A place where bees are kept.
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Apology
n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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Apostasy
n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
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Apostle
n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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Apothecary
n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
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Apotheosis
n. Deification.
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appall
v. To fill with dismay or horror.
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Apparent
adj. Easily understood.
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Appease
v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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Appellate
adj. Capable of being appealed to.
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Appellation
n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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Append
v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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Appertain
v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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Apposite
adj. Appropriate.
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Apposition
n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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Appraise
v. To estimate the money value of.
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Appreciable
adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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Apprehend
v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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Apprehensible
adj. Capable of being conceived.
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Appropriate
adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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Aqueduct
n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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Aqueous
adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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Arbiter
n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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Arbitrary
adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
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Arbitrate
v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
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Arboreal
adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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Arborescent
adj. Having the nature of a tree.
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Arboretum
n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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Arboriculture
n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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Arcade
n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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archaism
n. Obsolescence.
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Archangel
n. An angel of high rank.
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Archbishop
n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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Archdeacon
n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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Archaeology
n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
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Archetype
n. A prototype.
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Archipelago
- n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively
- themselves.
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Ardent
adj. Burning with passion.
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Ardor
n. Intensity of passion or affection.
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Aristocracy
n. A hereditary nobility
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aristocrat
n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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Armada
n. A fleet of war-vessels.
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Armful
n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
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Aroma
n. An agreeable odor.
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Arraign
v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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Arrange
v. To put in definite or proper order.
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Arrangement
n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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Arrant
adj. Notoriously bad.
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Arrear
n. Something overdue and unpaid.
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Arrival
n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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Arrogant
adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrogate
v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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Artesian well
n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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artful
adj. Characterized by craft or cunning.
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Arthurian
adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
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Ascension
n. The act of rising.
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Ascent
n. A rising, soaring, or climbing.
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Ascetic
adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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Ascribe
v. To assign as a quality or attribute.
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Asexual
adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.
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Askance
adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
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Asperity
n. Harshness or roughness of temper.
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Aspirant
n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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Aspiration
n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
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Aspire
v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
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Assailant
n. One who attacks.
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Assassin
n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
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Assassinate
v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
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Assassination
n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
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Assay
n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
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Assent
v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
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Assess
v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
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Assessor
n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
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Assets
n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
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Assignee
- n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property
- and interests.
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Assonance
n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
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Assonant
adj. Having resemblance of sound.
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Assonate
v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
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Assuage
v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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Astringent
adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
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Astute
adj. Keen in discernment.
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Atheism
n. The denial of the existence of God.
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Athirst
adj. Wanting water.
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Athwart
adv. From side to side.
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Atomizer
n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
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atone
v. To make amends for.
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Atonement
n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
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Atrocious
adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
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Atrocity
n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
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Attaché
n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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Attest
v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
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attorney-general
n. The chief law-officer of a government.
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Auburn
adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
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Audible
adj. Loud enough to be heard.
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Audition
n. The act or sensation of hearing.
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Auditory
adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
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Augment
v. To make bigger.
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Augustinian
- adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called
- after him.
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Aura
n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
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aural
adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
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Auricle
n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
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Auricular
adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
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Auriferous
adj. Containing gold.
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aurora
n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
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Auspice
n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
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austere
adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
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Autarchy
n. Unrestricted power.
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authentic
adj. Of undisputed origin.
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authenticity
- n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship
- claimed.
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autobiography
n. The story of one's life written by himself.
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autocracy
n. Absolute government.
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Autocrat
n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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Automaton
- n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or
- mechanical.
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Autonomous
adj. Self-governing.
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Autonomy
n. Self-government.
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autopsy
n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
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autumnal
adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
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auxiliary
- n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary
- or accessory.
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avalanche
- n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often
- bearing with it rock.
- avarice
- n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.
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Aver
v. To assert as a fact.
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Aversion
n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
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Avert
v. To turn away or aside.
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aviary
n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
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avow
v. To declare openly.
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awaken
v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
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Awry
adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
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aye
adv. An expression of assent.
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azalea
n. A flowering shrub.
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azure
n. The color of the sky.
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Baconian
adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
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Baffle
v. To foil or frustrate.
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bailiff
n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
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Baize
n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
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bale
n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
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ballad
n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
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balsam n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
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Barcarole
n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
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Barograph
- n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric
- pressure.
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Barometer
n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
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barring
prep. Apart from.
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baritone
adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
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Bask
v. To make warm by genial heat.
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bass
adj. Low in tone or compass.
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Baste
v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
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Baton
n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
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Battalion
n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
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Batten
n. A narrow strip of wood.
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batter
n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
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Bawl
v. To proclaim by outcry.
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Beatify
v. To make supremely happy.
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beatitude
n. Any state of great happiness.
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beau
n. An escort or lover.
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beck
v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
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bedaub
v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
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Bedeck
v. To cover with ornament.
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Befriend
v. To be a friend to, especially when in need.
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Beget
v. To produce by sexual generation.
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begrudge
v. To envy one of the possession of.
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Belate
v. To delay past the proper hour.
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belay
v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
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Belie
v. To misrepresent.
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believe
v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
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belittle
v. To disparage.
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Belle
n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
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Belligerent
adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.
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benediction
n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
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Benefactor
n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
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benefice
n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
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beneficent
adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
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Beneficiary
n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
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Benefit
n. Helpful result.
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Benevolence
n. Any act of kindness or well-doing.
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Benevolent
adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
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benign
adj. Good and kind of heart.
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Benignant
adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
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Benignity
n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
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bequeath
v. To give by will.
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bereave
v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
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Berth
n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
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Beset
v. To attack on all sides.
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Besmear
v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
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Bestrew
v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
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Bestride
v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
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bethink
v. To remind oneself.
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betide
v. To happen to or befall.
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Betimes
adv. In good season or time.
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betroth
v. To engage to marry.
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Betrothal
n. Engagement to marry.
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bevel
n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
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Bewilder
v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
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Bibliomania
n. The passion for collecting books.
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Bibliography
n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
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Bibliophile
n. One who loves books.
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Bibulous
adj. Fond of drinking.
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Biennial
n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
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bier
n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
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bigamist
n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
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bigamy
n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
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bight
n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
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bilateral
adj. Two-sided.
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Bilingual
adj. Speaking two languages.
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Biograph
n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
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Biography
n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
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Biology
n. The science of life or living organisms.
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Biped
n. An animal having two feet.
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Birthright
n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
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bitterness
n. Acridity, as to the taste.
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blasé
adj. Sated with pleasure.
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blaspheme
v. To indulge in profane oaths.
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Blatant
adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
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Blaze
n. A vivid glowing flame.
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Blazon
v. To make widely or generally known.
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blemish
n. A mark that mars beauty.
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Blithesome
adj. Cheerful.
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Blockade
n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
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Boatswain
- n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging,
- anchors, etc.
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bodice
n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
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boisterous
adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
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Bole
n. The trunk or body of a tree.
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bolero
n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
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Boll
n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
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Bolster
v. To support, as something wrong.
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Bomb
n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
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bombard
v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
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Bombardier
n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
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bombast
n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
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Bore
v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
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Borough
n. An incorporated village or town.
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Bosom
n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
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botanical
adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
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botanize v. To study plant-life.
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botany
n. The science that treats of plants.
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Bountiful
adj. Showing abundance.
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Bowdlerize
v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
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Bowler
n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
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boycott
v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
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Braggart
n. A vain boaster.
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Brandish
v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
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bravado
n. An aggressive display of boldness.
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Bray
n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
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Braze
v. To make of or ornament with brass.
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Brazier
n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
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Breach
n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
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Breaker
n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
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Brethren
n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
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Brevity
n. Shortness of duration.
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bric-a-brac
n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
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Bridle
- n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
- brigade
- n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
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Brigadie
r n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
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Brigand
n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
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Brine
n. Water saturated with salt.
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Bristle
n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
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Britannia
n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Briticism
n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
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Broach
v. To mention, for the first time.
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