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| abate | to subside |
| abject | wretched |
| abrasive | rubbing away |
| abstain | refrain |
| accolade | award |
| acrimonious | bitter in words or manner |
| adapt | alter |
| adulation | flattery |
| adverse | unfavorable |
| affinity | kinship |
| aloof | apart |
| altruistic | unselfishly generous |
| ameliorate | improve |
| apocryphal | untrue |
| appease | soothe |
| arable | fit for growing crops |
| ardor | heat |
| ascetic | austere |
| assuage | to ease pain, satisfy hunger, soothe anger |
| atrophy | to waste away |
| audacious | daring, bold |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| aversion | firm dislike |
| banal | trite |
| bane | cause of ruin |
| belie | contradict |
| belligerent | quarrelsome |
| bequeth | to leave someone by will |
| blasphemy | cursing |
| bolster | support |
| brawn | strength |
| cacophonous | discordant |
| cajole | to trick |
| categorical | without exceptions, unqualified |
| censorious | critical |
| censure | to blame |
| charlatan | pretender of knowledge |
| clemency | mildness |
| coercion | use of force to get compliance |
| conciliatory | appeasing |
| conclusive | convincing |
| condone | to forgive |
| consolidation | combination |
| contentious | quarrelsone |
| curtail | shorten |
| decorum | propriety |
| deference | courteous regard, respect |
| deplore | to regret strongly, express grief over |
| depravity | corruption, weakness |
| deprecate | belittle |
| deride | to ridicule |
| desecrate | profane |
| despondent | depressed |
| despot | tyrant |
| detrimental | harmful |
| diffuse | rambling |
| disband | disperse, dissolve |
| discursive | digressing, rambling |
| dispel | to drive away, scatter, cause to vanish |
| dissipate | squander, scatter, waste |
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