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Argufy
- verb - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
Arjuna
- noun - (Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God
Arouet
- noun - French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
Around
- adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
- all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her"
- by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
- from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"
- in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"
- in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"
- in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she tu
Arouse
- verb - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
- cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
- stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
- stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
- to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
Assuan
- noun - an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
Assume
- verb - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
- occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
- put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form