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14600503886Acquiesceaccept something reluctantly but without protest0
14600508588Acronyman abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word1
14600515295Ambiguitythe quality of being open to more than one interpretation2
14600524273Analogya comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.3
14600530024Anachronisma thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.4
14600531757Innateinborn; natural5
14600532608Antithesisa person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else6
14600534193Antonyma word opposite in meaning to another7
14600535906Articulatehaving or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently8
14600542709Assonancein poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible9
14600548017Eruditehaving or showing great knowledge or learning10
14600549917Denotationthe literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.11
14600552506Circumspectwary and unwilling to take risks12
14600553407Clandestinekept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit13
14600554431Cognitionthe mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.14
14600560246Collaboratework jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something.15
14600564630Colloquialused in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary16
14600566928Connotationan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning17
14600569038Contriveddeliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously18
14600570204Connundruma confusing and difficult problem or question19

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