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abet listen
To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.

Max is in prison for aiding and abetting Mary with her bank robbery.

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accumulate listen
To mount up; increase.

Debts can easily and rapidly accumulate. Be careful with your credit cards.

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agitate listen
To make someone nervous or troubled; to arouse concern.

The peaceful crowd became agitated when the police showed up in full riot gear.

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alert listen
Vigilantly attentive; watchful: alert to danger; an alert bank guard. See Synonyms at aware.

The dog was very alert. He guarded his bone collection with great diligence.

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alluring listen
attractive, seductive, inviting

The salary was very alluring, but Max decided not to take the job.

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ample listen
Plentiful; enough or more than enough.

Cleavage is often preceded by the term "ample" and one customarily "sports" it. - The Many Splendors of Boobs

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baffle listen
To perplex or confuse.

I am baffled by the instructions on the tax forms.

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bicker listen
To argue about unimportant matters.

After a season spent clamoring at the door for admission like the rest of the rabble, Kennedy, a svelte, self-assured African-American sophomore with straight, shoulder-length hair and a fondness for cable-knit sweaters, had recently emerged from Ivy's Darwinian "bicker" process — a prim rendition of rush — as one of the chosen few: a member of the club. - Black in the Age of Obama

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blame listen
responsibility for something bad

Politicians are quick to assign blame, but they refuse to accept it.

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blend listen
To combine (varieties or grades) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency: blend tobaccos.

In popular use, the term blend is used for any word formed by shortening one word and combining what is left with all or part of another. - VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 2

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