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A
aam
pron
them

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abaist
adj
Confounded; discomfited.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abak
adv
backward, away

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abandon
adv
Freely; entirely.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abawed
adj
astonished, abashed

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abay
noun
The state of being defenceless against one's enemies.
Also means
  1. The baying of hounds in order to stop prey from escaping.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abbey
noun
An abbey (a building or monastic institution).
Also means
  1. The church located inside a monastery.
  2. Abbotship; abbacy.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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able
adj
capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abord
adv
On board; into or within a ship or boat
Also means
  1. Alongside.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abreggen
verb
To lessen (either quantity or amount).
Also means
  1. To shorten or reduce in duration or time.
  2. To abridge or condense; to make into less words.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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absence
noun
Being away or elsewhere; absence.
Also means
  1. Nonattendance or nonexistence; failure to appear.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abstract
adj
Drawn away or out of; detached:

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abstractly
adv
reclusively; while practising a monastic lifestyle.
Also means
  1. totally, completely.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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abut
prep
about

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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accent
noun
accent (modulation of the voice in speaking)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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acceptable
adj
Pleasant, agreeable; causing a positive reception.
Also means
  1. Fitting, appropriate (for a situation)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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accidie
noun
sloth; slothfulness

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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ache
noun
Aching; long-lasting hurting or injury.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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adamant
noun
adamant, adamantine (valuable gemstone)
Also means
  1. An invulnerable or indomitable object
  2. A natural magnet; magnetite.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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adel
adj
rotten, addled (of an egg).
Also means
  1. muddled (of brains).

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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agayn
adv
again

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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age
noun
The age of someone (or rarely something); how old someone is.
Also means
  1. The correct or traditional age for something (especially the age of maturity)
  2. Old age or senescence; the state of being old or elderly.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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agen
verb
to become older; to age.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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agon
verb
to go, depart

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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agone
adv
ago

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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aken
verb
To ache, to hurt.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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al
noun
A tool or instrument with a sharp point.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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alien
noun
An outsider or foreign person, especially if resident in one's nation.
Also means
  1. One who is alien in some other way (e.g. religion, family)
  2. An unlawful occupier or possessor of land.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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all
adv
all (entirely, completely)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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alles
adv
totally; altogether
Also means
  1. all told; in all
  2. in some way; somehow; at all; after all

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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also
adv
also: to the same degree or extent; so, as

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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an
article
a, an (indefinite article)
Also means
  1. a, an (indefinite article):
  2. Used in conjunction with numerals (especially hundred, thousend)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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and
conj
and, and then (connects two elements of a sentence)
Also means
  1. however, yet, but, though. while
  2. if, supposing that, whether.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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angry
adj
Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions)
Also means
  1. Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful.
  2. Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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animal
noun
An animal (considered to include humans)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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animan
pron
Any person; anyone, anybody.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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anker
noun
anchor

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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ap
adv
up

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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apan
prep
upon

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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apocalips
noun
The book of Revelation (the last book of the New Testament)
Also means
  1. The biblical Apocalypse; the events of the book of Revelation.
  2. A revelation or trance.

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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