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| allocate |
to fix the place of; locate. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:14:37 GMT |
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| allocate |
to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects. |
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| acute |
extremely sensitive even to slight details or impressions: acute eyesight. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:46 GMT |
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| acute |
sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception: an acute observer. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:46 GMT |
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| acute |
(of disease) brief and severe |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:46 GMT |
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| acute |
extremely great or serious; crucial; critical: an acute shortage of oil. |
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| acute |
sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain. |
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| advocate |
a person who pleads the cause of another in a court of law. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:46 GMT |
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| advocate |
a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:46 GMT |
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| advocate |
a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc. (usually fol. by of): an advocate of peace. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:11:46 GMT |
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| advocate |
to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers. |
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| acquisitive |
tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:03:02 GMT |
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| abstruse |
(Obsolete) secret; hidden. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:03:02 GMT |
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| abstruse |
hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:03:02 GMT |
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| abstemious |
characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:55:56 GMT |
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| abstemious |
sparing or moderate in eating and drinking |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:55:56 GMT |
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| abrade |
to scrape off. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:55:56 GMT |
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| abrade |
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:55:56 GMT |
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| abscond |
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:55:56 GMT |
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| absolve |
to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually fol. by from): to be absolved from one's oath. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:49:47 GMT |
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| absolve |
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:49:47 GMT |
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| abrogate |
to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:49:47 GMT |
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| abound |
to be filled; teem (usually fol. by with): The ship abounds with rats. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| abound |
to be rich or well supplied (usually fol. by in): The region abounds in coal. |
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| aboriginal |
of, pertaining to, or typical of aborigines: aboriginal customs. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| aboriginal |
original or earliest known; native; indigenous: the aboriginal people of Tahiti. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| abjure |
to avoid or shun. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| abjure |
to renounce or give up under oath; forswear |
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| abjure |
to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors. |
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| abhor |
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| abhorrent |
remote in character (usually fol. by from): abhorrent from the principles of law. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| abhorrent |
feeling extreme repugnance or aversion (usually fol. by of): abhorrent of waste. |
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| abhorrent |
utterly opposed, or contrary, or in conflict (usually fol. by to): abhorrent to reason. |
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| abhorrent |
causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome: an abhorrent deed. |
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| abeyance |
temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension |
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| abdicate |
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| aberration |
mental irregularity or disorder, esp. of a minor or temporary nature; lapse from a sound mental state. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| aberration |
deviation from truth or moral rectitude. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:30 GMT |
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| aberration |
the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. |
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| abate ( a⋅bat⋅ed, a⋅bat⋅ing) |
to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:26:05 GMT |
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| abate ( a⋅bat⋅ed, a⋅bat⋅ing) |
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:26:05 GMT |
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| abase |
(Archaic) to lower; put or bring down: He abased his head. |
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xanga Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:26:05 GMT |
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| abase |
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. |
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