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| an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint:A LEWD person alludes to salacious sexula endeavours |
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| uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance: Snowball, the cat was so ALOOF when guests came she hid on the ROOF. |
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| selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others |
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| atmosphere; mood; feeling: George did not enjoy the AMBIANCE in the AMBULANCE |
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| unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways |
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| undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously |
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| to make better or more tolerable: AMELIA RATED her love life as having been AMELIORATED since last year |
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| obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable: The matador tried to be AMENABLE to the MEAN BULL. |
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| pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature |
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| an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy |
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| lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings |
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| feeling loving, esp in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love |
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| shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike: a=not +morph=shape, form +ous=having the qualities of =amorphous=not having the qualities of shape: If you take too much MORPHine, you'll feel like an amorphous blob. |
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| something out of place in time or history; an incongruity |
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| a vomparison of one thing to another;l similarity |
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| absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder |
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| a short account of a humorous or revealing incident |
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| agonizing physical or mental pain |
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| resentment; hostility; ill will |
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| an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation |
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| someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something after it: The HAND that plants the SEED is the ANTECEDENT to the hand that picks the flower. |
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| firm dislike; a dislike: anti=against +pathy=feeling =feeling against: By this time you should be developing a strong ANTIPATHY to studing these words and their ridiculous definitions. Take a break. Put the book down, get a soda, or drink a bottle of Snapple. Then return to your work refreshed and ready to continue. |
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| the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa |
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| lack of interest; lack of feeling: a=no +pathy=feeling= apathy=not feeling: It's A PATHETIC thing to be APATHETIC. They found the cure for APATHY, but no one showed any interest in it.-George Carlin |
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| a brief, often witty saying; a proverb |
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| a prohetic revelation, esp one concering the end of the world |
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| of dubious authenticity; ficticious; spurious |
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| elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something |
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| to soothe; to pacify by giving in to: He APPEASED his parents by eating A PIECE of slimy okra. |
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| to take withoust permission; to set aside for a particular use |
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| capacity for learning; natural ability: Birds have an APTITUDE for ALTITUDE |
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| random; capricious: If a college rejects you, its admissions process must be ARBITRARY. |
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| mysterious; known only to a select few |
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| extremely old; ancient; outdated: an ARCHAIC CAKE |
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