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| assist usually in doing something wrong, encourage |
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| (of a condition) wretched, as low as possible, lacking pride, very humble, showing lack of self-respect, Ex. an abject apology |
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| renunciation, self-sacrifice, self-abnegation |
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| sparing in eating and drinking, temperate |
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| obscure, profound, difficult to understand |
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| sharp upslope of a hill, OP. declivity |
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| award of merit, strong praise and approval |
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growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; EX. towers and other accretions of the castle
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bitterness of speech and temper
ADJ. acerbic: bitter, acrid (in taste, manner or tone) |
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| peak, pinnacle, highest point |
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| assent, agree passively, comply without protest |
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| bitter (to the taste or smell), sharp; bitterly pungent |
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stinging, caustic, bitter in words or manner
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| calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
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| motivate, activate, cause to act |
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| sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) |
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| mental keenness, sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; EX. business acumen |
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| (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive, keen, penetrating, brief and severe, EX. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain |
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| addition, appendix to book, something that is added (as at the end of a speech) |
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| make or become confused, muddle, drive crazy, become rotten (egg) |
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