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sanctimonious  Speak Example sentences
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normalize; cause to conform to a standard
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timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
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a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
scarce  Speak Example sentences
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meant or adapted for an occasion or use
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pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
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hard to find; absent or rare; limited
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something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
secret  Speak Example sentences
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timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
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something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
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lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
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find paths through unexplored territory
sensory  Speak Example sentences
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perceptive; involving or derived from the senses
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fast; rapid; accomplished or arrived at without delay; prompt
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something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
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process or result of becoming less or smaller
simulate  Speak Example sentences
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pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
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make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
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emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism
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completely clear and fine
slothful  Speak Example sentences
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the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk
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lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
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coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
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timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
slumber  Speak Example sentences
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the relative proportion of salt in a solution; the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
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fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved
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thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting; disposition prompting to action or expression
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sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
speck  Speak Example sentences
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sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
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particle; a tiny spot; stain
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the calmness of mind; quietness; stillness; peace
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torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
spill  Speak Example sentences
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particle; a tiny spot; stain
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pierce painfully with sharp-pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in mind or feelings
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pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
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one who outlives another; one who lives through affliction
spiny  Speak Example sentences
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prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns
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coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
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the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk
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brief statement that presents the main points