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Word

Meaning

Abbreviation

A shortened form of a word or

phrase

Abdication

Voluntary renouncing throne

Abolish

Do away with wholly

Original inhabitants of a
country
An edition a book in which it
has been condensed.
To increase the speed; to
hasten the progress of

Aborigines

Abridged

Accelerate

Accessible

Which can be approached

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Acclimatize

To accustom oneself in new

climate

Accountable

Liable to be called to account

Make oneself familiar with a

person or a thing .
The act of freeing a person
from a charge by verdict.

One who calculates premium

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Acquaint

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Acquittal

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Actuary

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Adolescence

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Adulteration

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Aggravate

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Aggressor

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Agnostic

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Alien

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Alienate

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Alimony

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Altruist

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Amateur

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Ambassador

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Ambidextrous

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Ambiguous

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The period between childhood

and adulthood
To falsify a thing by admixture
or baser ingredients.
To increase the gravity of an
offence or the intensity of a
disease
A person who attacks first
One who doubts the existence
of god
One who resides in a country
of which he is not a citizen.

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To turn friends in enemies

Allowance paid to wife on

legal separation
A person who loves every
body
One who does something not
professionally but for pleasure
A person representing a state
in a foreign country.
Of a person who can use both
hands equally well
A sentence whose meaning is
unclear

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Ambivalent

Having opposing feelings

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Ambulance

A van which is used in

transporting wounded or
serious patients.

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Amnesia

Loss of memory

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Amnesty

General pardon

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A land animal that breeds in

water
One who is out to subvert a
government

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Amphibian

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Anarchist

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Anarchy

Absence of government

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Anniversary

The yearly return of a date.

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Annual

Which happens once a year.

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Anomaly

Deviation from common rule

A book written by an unknown

author
A person liable to be called to
account for his action

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Anonymous

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Answerable

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Antedate

To date before the true time

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Anthropology

A study of man

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Antidote

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Antiseptic

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Antonym

A medicine to counteract the

effect of another medicine
A medicine that prevents
decomposing
A word opposite in meaning to
another

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