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| abdicate | To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility. |
| aberrant | Deviating from the proper or expected course. |
| abate | To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. |
| ablution | A washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of a religious rite. |
| affluent | Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich. |
| ascend | To go or move upward; rise. |
| aspire | To strive toward an end |
| ameliorate | To make or become better; improve. |
| ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation |
| antecedent | A preceding occurrence, cause, or event. |
| benediction | An expression of good wishes; a blessing. |
| beneficent | Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity. |
| benevolent | Characterized by or suggestive of doing good; wishing well. |
| bonus | Something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected. |
| benefactor | One that gives aid, especially financial aid. |
| bona fide | Made or carried out in good faith; sincere |
| brevity | The quality or state of being brief in duration. |
| abbreviate | To make shorter. |
| circumscribe | To draw a line around; encircle. |
| connotation | The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning. |
| collaborate | To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. |
| conclude | To bring to an end; close |
| contrast | To set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences |
| contrary | Opposed, as in character or purpose |
| deduct | To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract. |
| decapitate | To cut off the head of; behead. |
| diversion | A maneuver that draws the attention of an opponent away from a planned point of action, especially as part of military strategy. |
| effervescent | (of a liquid) giving off bubbles |
| egress | The act of coming or going out; emergence. |
| embrace | # To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection. |
| extraordinary | Beyond what is ordinary or usual |
| illiterate | Unable to read and write. |
| intercede | To plead on another's behalf. |
| intravenous | Within or administered into a vein. |
| introvert | One whose thoughts and feelings are directed toward oneself. |
| introspection | Contemplation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations; self-examination. |
| elongate | To make or grow longer. |
| magnanimous | Courageously noble in mind and heart; Generous in forgiving; eschewing resentment or revenge; unselfish. |
| magniloquent | Lofty and extravagant in speech |
| malignant | Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil; Threatening to life, as a disease; virulent. |
| malediction | The calling down of a curse. |
| malefactor | One that has committed a crime; a criminal; evildoer. |
| malice | A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite. |
| malicious | Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful |
| multilingual | Of, including, or expressed in several languages |
| multilateral | Having many sides. |
| negate | To make ineffective or invalid; nullify; deny |
| opponent | One that opposes another or others in a battle, contest, controversy, or debate. |
| omnivorous | Eating both animal and vegetable foods. |
| omnibus | A long motor vehicle for passengers; a bus; or, A printed anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects. |
| omniscient | Having total knowledge; knowing everything |
| permanent | Lasting or remaining without essential change |
| posthumous | Occurring or continuing after one's death |
| posterior | Located behind a part or toward the rear of a structure. |
| posterity | Future generations |
| prejudice | A preconceived preference or idea. |
| prescribe | o order the use of (a medicine or other treatment); To establish rules, laws, or directions. |
