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daunt  Speak Example sentences
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film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
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destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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giver; one that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund
declivity  Speak Example sentences
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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house-hold; of or relating to the home ; within the country or home
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fixed; exact; having distinct limits
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downward slope, as of a hill
deducible  Speak Example sentences
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dead; no longer in use or existence
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god; divinity; supernatural things
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analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
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capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
definite  Speak Example sentences
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distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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fixed; exact; having distinct limits
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withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty
defray  Speak Example sentences
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pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
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discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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large slender game fish widely distributed in warm seas; various marine cetacean mammals
defunct  Speak Example sentences
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
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dead; no longer in use or existence
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distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
deride  Speak Example sentences
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ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
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fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
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causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
digestion  Speak Example sentences
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process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body
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house-hold; of or relating to the home ; within the country or home
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low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
discord  Speak Example sentences
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distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress
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fixed; exact; having distinct limits
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capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
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conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
disguise  Speak Example sentences
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separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
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persuade not to do; discourage
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dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade