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Word Explanations dedication, ostracism, sanctity, aura, likelihood, amusement, adjacent, matricide, arraign, asperity

Explanation of dedication (noun)
form: dedications
the voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause

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Explanation of ostracism (noun)
exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics

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Explanation of sanctity (noun)
form: sanctities
holiness

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Explanation of aura (noun)
forms: auras, aurae
pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

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Explanation of likelihood (noun)
a probability

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Explanation of amusement (noun)
form: amusements
diversion

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Explanation of adjacent (noun)
form: adjacents
object or device which is near or bordering upon

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Explanation of matricide (noun)
the killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother

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Explanation of arraign (verb)
forms: arraigned; arraigned; arraigning
to call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not

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Explanation of asperity (noun)
form: asperities
harshness or roughness of temper

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