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abandon
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with abandon.
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
very strong thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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abortion
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Instead of doing what many young Egyptian women in her situation do, that is, have an abortion, she went public and took the alleged father to court.
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movement in an arc; clean with a broom; wide scope; winning all
action or manner of throwing something
termination of pregnancy; failure of a plan
a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
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absurd
 
 
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a.  E.g. Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked so grave that she did not dare to laugh.
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slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
highest in office or rank; principal; head
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abuse
 
 
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n.  E.g. Thanks to Vito, the commenter said, he has stopped 7 years of girl abuse in this area.
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framework for holding objects
improper use or handling; misuse
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing ; sadness; low spirits
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academic
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The dean's talk about reforming the college admissions system was only an academic discussion.
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less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or in rank
related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
wonderful; extraordinarily good
extreme; acute; in an extreme degree
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