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Andrew O. (United States of America)
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  1. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  2. alternate
    go back and forth
  3. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  4. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  5. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
  6. augment
    enlarge or increase
  7. authentic
    not counterfeit or copied
  8. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  9. bolster
    support and strengthen
  10. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  11. coalition
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  12. cohesive
    combining well to form a unified whole
  13. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  14. comply
    act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
  15. contingent
    determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
  16. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  17. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  18. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  19. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  20. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  21. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  22. egocentric
    limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
  23. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  24. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  25. estrange
    remove from customary environment or associations
  26. exacerbate
    make worse
  27. facilitate
    make easier
  28. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  29. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  30. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  31. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  32. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  33. inherent
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  34. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  35. negligent
    characterized by undue lack of attention or concern
  36. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  37. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  38. oppose
    be against
  39. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  40. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  41. proficient
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  42. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  43. rejuvenate
    make younger or more youthful
  44. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  45. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  46. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
  47. static
    not in physical motion
  48. subsidize
    support, as through grants or other funds
  49. validate
    confirm the legal force of
  50. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  51. cesarean section
    the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
  52. stressor
    any agent that causes stress to an organism
  53. calorie
    unit of heat raising 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade
  54. centenarian
    being at least 100 years old
  55. anorexia
    a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
  56. mediator
    a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
  57. value
    the quality that renders something desirable
  58. status
    the condition or someone or something at a particular time
  59. ostracism
    the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
  60. assertive
    aggressively self-assured
  61. spiritual
    lacking material body or form or substance
  62. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  63. relaxation
    freedom from activity
  64. sublimation
    a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state
  65. ventilation
    the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
  66. denial
    renunciation of one's own interests in favor of others
  67. safe
    free from danger or the risk of harm
  68. tolerance
    willingness to respect the beliefs or practices of others
  69. prescription
    the action of issuing authoritative rules or directions
  70. lactose
    a sugar that occurs only in milk
  71. toxin
    a poisonous substance produced organically
  72. hemorrhoid
    pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
  73. fiber
    a slender and elongated substance that can be spun into yarn
  74. misuse
    improper handling or application of something
  75. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
Created on Fri Feb 22 12:57:40 EST 2013 (updated Wed Mar 06 12:51:52 EST 2013)

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