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| advent |
a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:57:19 GMT |
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| adroit |
Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:55:30 GMT |
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| admonish |
to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:48:22 GMT |
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| admonish |
to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:48:22 GMT |
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| admonish |
to caution, advise, or counsel against something. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:48:22 GMT |
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| admittance |
actual entrance. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:29 GMT |
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| admittance |
an act of admitting. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:29 GMT |
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| admittance |
permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:29 GMT |
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| adjunct |
a person associated with lesser status, rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:29 GMT |
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| adjunct |
something added to another thing but not essential to it. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:29 GMT |
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| adjacent |
just before, after, or facing: a map on an adjacent page. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:28 GMT |
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| adjacent |
lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: adjacent lands |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:28 GMT |
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| adduce |
To bring forward or name for consideration:to adduce reasons in support of a constitutional amendment. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:28 GMT |
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| addendum |
Something added, or to be added. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:28 GMT |
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| accursed |
Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. |
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xanga Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:43:28 GMT |
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| actuate |
To move or incite to action. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:07 GMT |
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| acrimony |
Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:07 GMT |
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| acquit |
To free or clear, as from accusation. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| acquittal |
A discharge from accusation by judicial action. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| Achillean (uh-ki-lee-in) |
Invulnerable |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| achromatic |
Colorless |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| accost |
to approach, esp. with a greeting, question, or remark. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| accost |
to confront boldly: The beggar accosted me for money. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| abscission |
The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| abominate |
To hate violently. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| abnegate |
To renounce (a right or privilege). |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| able-bodied |
Competent for physical service. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| abject |
shamelessly servile; slavish. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| abject |
utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| abduction |
A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally. |
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xanga Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:06 GMT |
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| attrition |
a gradual reduction in work force without firing of personnel, as when workers resign or retire and are not replaced. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| attrition |
a wearing down or weakening of resistance, esp. as a result of continuous pressure or harassment |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| attrition |
a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| assert |
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| apportion |
to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| antedate |
(Archaic) to take or have in advance; anticipate. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| antedate |
to cause to happen sooner; accelerate: The cold weather antedated their departure from the country. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| antedate |
to cause to return to an earlier time: to antedate one's thoughts by remembering past events. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| antedate |
to assign to an earlier date: to antedate a historical event. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| antedate |
to be of older date than; precede in time: The Peruvian empire antedates the Mexican empire. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| anecdote |
a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| amass |
to come together; assemble: crowds amassing for the parade. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| amass |
to collect into a mass or pile; gather: He amassed his papers for his memoirs. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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| amass |
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money. |
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xanga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:43:40 GMT |
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