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abstemious  Speak Example sentences
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sparing in consumption of especially food and drink, marked by temperance in indulgence
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estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
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having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
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a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
bellicose  Speak Example sentences
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the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
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type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus
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having or showing a ready disposition to fight
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any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance
enervate  Speak Example sentences
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of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
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unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities
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weaken mentally or morally, disturb the composure of
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the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
expurgate  Speak Example sentences
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having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
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excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal
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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents
gamete  Speak Example sentences
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practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
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take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
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function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues
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a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
gerrymander  Speak Example sentences
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either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
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divide unfairly and to one's advantage, of voting districts
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function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues
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officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
infrastructure  Speak Example sentences
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found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day
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the basic structure or features of a system or organization
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a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
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type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus
irony  Speak Example sentences
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massive and extremely remote celestial object
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a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents
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relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith
loquacious  Speak Example sentences
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full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative
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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day
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of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
lugubrious  Speak Example sentences
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a political system governed by a few people
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showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence
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a divine manifestation, twelve days after Christmas
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excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal