| avo | (noun) 100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao | - |
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| avocado | (adjective) of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado | - |
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| (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: aguacate, alligator pear, avocado pear |
| (noun) tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits | Synonyms: avocado tree, Persea Americana |
| avocation | (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity |
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| avocational | (adjective) of or involved in an avocation | - |
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| avocet | (noun) long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill | - |
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| avoid | (verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something | - |
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| (verb) refrain from certain foods or beverages | Synonyms: keep off |
| (verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
| (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
| (verb) refrain from doing something | - |
| avoidable | (adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off | Synonyms: avertable, avertible, evitable |
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| avoidance | (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: dodging, shunning, turning away |
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| avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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| (noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |
| avouch | (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avow |
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| avouchment | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avowal |
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| avow | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify |
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| (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avouch |
| avowal | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avouchment |
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| avowed | (adjective) openly declared as such | Synonyms: professed |
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| avowedly | (adverb) by open declaration | Synonyms: professedly |
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| (adverb) as acknowledged | Synonyms: admittedly, confessedly, true |
| avower | (noun) someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly | - |
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| (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, asseverator, declarer |