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  1. a1 ... abstain from
  2. abstemious ... ache
  3. ache for ... adeptly
  4. adeptness ... advertency
  5. advertise ... aggravation
  6. aggregate ... alive
  7. alkie ... ambiance
  8. ambience ... animalistic
  9. animality ... aphoristic
  10. aphrodisiac ... approve
  11. approve of ... arterial
  12. artery ... as soon as
  13. assort ... augean
  14. augean stable ... awesome
  15. awestricken
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