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1. assiduous<\/strong> \u2014 persistently diligent, constant <\/p>\n

I should have been more specific in my request, for Hervey’s <\/em>assiduous nature interpreted my vague instructions as an order to read the entirety of the <\/em>New York Herald-Tribune‘s sports pages from 1923 through 1950.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. aroint<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] begone, get hence<\/p>\n

<\/em>Aroint thee, ye vile knave, or taste my sword’s steel!<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. avenaceous<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to oats<\/p>\n

“Oh, to be sure, it’s hearty, and healthy too, your <\/em>avenaceous loaves, only it hurts my teeth, and the grains get stuck in my gums.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. abreact<\/strong> \u2014 to release a repressed emotion through the process of re-experiencing it<\/p>\n

The shrink told me I was unable to fully <\/em>abreact the response to my childhood trauma due to my deeply ingrained resistance to psychology, but I think it was because he was bollocks as a hypnotherapist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. abject<\/strong> \u2014 wretched, miserable; despicable<\/p>\n

Difficult it was to regard the shivering, weeping, <\/em>abject figure before us and feel anything but contempt for the former High Lord of the surrounding demesne.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. abomination<\/strong> \u2014 object of disgust or hatred, detestable thing; feeling of extreme loathing<\/p>\n

Woe! Woe to you cities which would permit this <\/em>abomination within your walls! Woe to you people who advertise and encourage the congregation of these foul fiends!<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. autarchy<\/strong> \u2014 self-government; absolute power<\/p>\n

Once the generals had made this concession, however, Lerbeck’s sway over the military was complete, and now the former second secretary found himself in a position of complete <\/em>autarchy over the tiny principality.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. attenuate<\/strong> \u2014 to make thin or thinner; to reduce the force of<\/p>\n

The effectiveness of the vaccines made from this <\/em>attenuated virus was proven by the much healthier flocks and herds in those regions.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. anhedonia<\/strong> \u2014 inability to experience pleasure<\/p>\n

Since the accident she just sits by the window in a state of <\/em>anhedonia, not to say catatonia, and we are at our wit’s end just what to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. amygdala<\/strong> \u2014 [anatomy<\/em>] almond-shaped mass of nuclei within the temporal lobe with role in memory and emotion; pl<\/em>. the tonsils; [obsolete<\/em>] almond<\/p>\n

Cocaine users showed abnormal patterns in the <\/em>amygdala both during and after such stimulus.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. assiduous \u2014 persistently diligent, constant I should have been more specific in my request, for Hervey’s assiduous nature interpreted my vague instructions as an order to read the entirety of the New York Herald-Tribune‘s sports pages from 1923 through 1950.   2. aroint \u2014 [archaic] begone, get hence Aroint thee, ye vile knave, or … <\/p>\n

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