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4000 Essential English W ords 
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alleviate, astrology, differentiate, disrupt, equation, err, erroneous, frantic, hull, inadvertent, improvise, 
latitude, mariner, multitude, nuisance, permanence, revolve, soothe, stranded, volatile
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arduous, attain, coexist, conceive, dubious, ego, elastic, endeavor, engrave, excavate, 
jagged, locale, mold, outright, periphery, plaster, shovel, skeletal, terrestrial, vicious
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3
absurd, anemia, aristocracy, aristocrat, attire, craze, enlarge, excess, feminine, hallmark, 
pad, predominant, reputable, rouge, signify, strap, tangle, vanity, vie, vulgar
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4
attic, chunk, civic, descent, din, dissatisfy, fuss, gourmet, hence, intrinsic, kettle, ministry, 
ordeal, outspoken, overwork, particular, pungent, snore, soundly, superintendent
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5
alternate, apologetic, benign, char, clarify, distress, dogged, ensue, gasp, negotiate, 
overdose, persuasion, relay, reluctance, restate, sesame, sip, verge, wary, waver
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6
ashore, contradict, counterpart, devoid, diverge, elude, embryo, fend, fictitious, gazette, 
homogeneous, obstruct, plunge, prolong, publicize, sparse, surplus, theorize, verify, vigorous
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altar, arthritis, botany, credible, deceased, deception, decipher, dung, dusk, gratify, 
hone, mash, ornate, pneumonia, psychic, psychotic, scope, sinister, strife, therapeutic
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congested, courier, deform, etiquette, exclusive, freight, garment, insomnia, intuitive, liable, 
obsess, overboard, premium, privilege, propel, socialize, suppress, tram, unsettle, warp
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artery, deterioration, elusive, forage, impede, induce, inseparable, invalid, magnify, mainstream,