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Becom e Less in Amount or Intensit Y: 1. Abate

The document defines 25 words related to concepts like decreasing intensity, giving up power, abnormal conditions, refraining from actions, misfortune, aesthetics, friendship, chronological errors, lack of water, shelter, sympathy, biases, excitement, lack of restraint, abruptness, camaraderie, shrewdness, size, surrendering with conditions, extrasensory perception, collaboration, empathy, mutual concessions, arrogance, and dependencies.

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Becom e Less in Amount or Intensit Y: 1. Abate

The document defines 25 words related to concepts like decreasing intensity, giving up power, abnormal conditions, refraining from actions, misfortune, aesthetics, friendship, chronological errors, lack of water, shelter, sympathy, biases, excitement, lack of restraint, abruptness, camaraderie, shrewdness, size, surrendering with conditions, extrasensory perception, collaboration, empathy, mutual concessions, arrogance, and dependencies.

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1.

abate

becom
e less
in
amount
or
intensit
y

2. abdicate

give up,
such as
power,
as of
monarc
hs and
empero
rs

3. aberration

a state
or
conditio
n
marked
ly
differen
t from
the
norm

4. abstain
refrain
from
doing,
consum
ing, or
partaki
ng in
somethi
ng

5. adversity

a state
of
misfort
une or
afflictio
n

6. aesthetic

charact
erized
by an
appreci
ation of
beauty
or good
taste

7. amicable

charact
erized
by
friends
hip and
good
will
8. anachronistic

chronol
ogically
misplac
ed
9. arid

lacking
sufficie
nt
water
or
rainfall
10. asylum

a
shelter
from
danger
or
hardshi
p

11. benevolent

showin
g or
motivat
ed by
sympat
hy and
underst
anding
12. bias
a
partialit
y
prevent
ing
objectiv
e
conside
ration
of an
issue

13. boisterous

full of
rough
and
exuber
ant
animal
spirits

14. brazen

unrestr
ained
by
convent
ion or
propriet
y

15. brusque

rudely
abrupt
or blunt
in
speech
or
manner

16. camaraderie
the
quality
of
affordin
g easy
familiari
ty and
sociabil
ity

17. canny

showin
g self-
interest
and
shrewd
ness in
dealing
with
others

18. capacious

large in
the
amount
that
can be
contain
ed

19. capitulate

surrend
er
under
agreed
conditio
ns
20. clairvoyant

someo
ne who
can
perceiv
e things
not
present
to the
senses

21. collaborate

work
togethe
r on a
commo
n
enterpri
se or
project

22. compassion

a deep
awaren
ess of
and
sympat
hy for
another
's
sufferin
g

23. compromise
an
accom
modati
on in
which
both
sides
make
conces
sions

24. condescending

charact
eristic
of
those
who
treat
others
with
arrogan
ce

25. conditional

imposin
g or
depend
ing 

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