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Define alienate
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to cause hostility or indifference where love, friendliness, or interest formerly existed
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Define allege
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to claim that something is true but without offering any proof
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Define allude
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to refer to indirectly
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Define ambience
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The surrounding or pervading atmosphere; teh tone and spirit of an enviornment
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Define ambivalent
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wavering or uncertain because of an inability to make a choice between two contradictory feelings or viewpoints in regard to a person, a thing, or a course of action
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Define amnesty
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An official pardon granted to offenders against the government, especially for political offenses
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Define anachronism
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the misplacing of an object or event in a period to which it cannot possibly belong; antyhgin out of its proper time frame
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Define anarchy
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Absence of govermental authority; general political and social disorder
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Define anathema
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a. a curse or strong denunciation
b. the person or thing curse; more generally, any object of intense dislike |
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Define anecdote
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A brief account of some interesting or amusing incident, especially one containing beiographical or historical details
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Syllabicate alienate.
Part of Speech? |
al'-ye-nat or a'-le-e-nat
Verb |
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Syllabicate allege.
Part of Speech? |
al-lege'
Verb |
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Syllabicate allude.
Part of Speech? |
e-lood' or al-yood'
Verb |
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Syllabicate ambience.
Part of Speech? |
am'-bi-ence
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Syllabicate ambivalent.
Part of Speech? |
am-biv'-e-lent
Adjective |
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Syllabicate amnesty
Part of Speech? |
am'-nes-te
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Syllabicate anachronism
Part of Speech? |
a-nach'-ro-nism
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Syllabicate anarchy
Part of Speech? |
an'-ar-chy
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Syllabicate anathema
Part of Speech? |
a-nath-e-ma
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Syllabicate anarchy
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an'-ec-dote
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alienate
Give 2 Synonyms Give 2 Antonyms |
S:estrange, disaffect, antagonize
A:befreind,captivate |
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allege
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S:claim, contend;declare, assert, affirm, avow, asserverate,aver
A:deny |
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allude
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S:hint at, suggest, insinuate, intimate
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ambience
Give 2 Synonyms Give 2 Antonyms |
S:surroundings, mileu, seeting; character, flavor
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Amnesty
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S:immunity,remmision, absolution
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Ambivalent
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S:contradictory, opposing, conflicting, equivocal, vacilating
A:defnite, firm, unwavering, steady; clear-cute, unequivocal |
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Anachronism
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S: incongruity, inconsistency, contradiction; throwback
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Anarchy
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S: disorder, chaos, lawlessness, pandemonium, turmoil
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Anathema
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S:malediction, execration, imprecation;abomination
A:blessing, benediction, eulogy, encomium; bless, glorify, praise, extol, cherish |
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Anecdote
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S:tale,story, vignette, sketch,narrative, reminiscence, memoire; episode, storyteller, raconteur
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Etymology alienate
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alienare, alienatus (Latin), "estrange," from alius (Latin),"other"
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Etymology allege
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ad(Latin), "to;toward" +legare (Latin), "depute, grant, bequeath"
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Etymology allude
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ad(Latin), "to" + ludere (Latin), "play"
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Etymology ambience
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ambi(Latin),"around" + iens (Latin), "going," from ire (Latin), "go"
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Etymology ambivalent
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Ambivalenz, a German word coined by Sigmund Freud from ambi (Latin), "both" + valens, valentis (Latin), "worth"
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Etymology amnesty
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a (Greek, "not" mnastai (Greek), "remember"
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Etymology anachronism
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ana (Greek), "backwards" + chronos (Greek), "time"
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Etymology anarchy
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anarchia (Greek) "anarchy," from an (Greek), "without" + archos (Greek), "ruler"
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Etymology anathema
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anathema (Late Latin), "a curse," from anathema(Greek), "a votive offering"
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Etymology anecdote
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Anekdota (Greek),"unpublished things," from (Greek),"not" + ek (Greek), "out" + dotos (Greek), "given"
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