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adaptation  Speak Example sentences
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pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
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modification; alteration or adjustment in structure or habits
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large weapons, such as cannon and missile launchers operated by crews; army branch in use of large weapons
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dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
administrator  Speak Example sentences
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modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
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occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
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one who manages a government agency or department
allegory  Speak Example sentences
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one who manages a government agency or department
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symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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connect or join together; combine
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randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
alter  Speak Example sentences
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connect or join together; combine
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one who manages a government agency or department
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go away or leave; missing; not present
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modify; cause to change; make different; convert
amid  Speak Example sentences
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in the middle of; among; surrounded by
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take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
apologize  Speak Example sentences
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beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something
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quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment; logical contradiction
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in the middle of; among; surrounded by
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overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
aptly  Speak Example sentences
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very similarly; roughly
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prove genuine; establish authenticity of
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in a competent, capable manner; in an apt or suitable manner
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one who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures
arbitrary  Speak Example sentences
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likely; precisely suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
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military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
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randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
archaeological  Speak Example sentences
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independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
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related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology
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group of closely located islands
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very similarly; roughly
artillery  Speak Example sentences
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act of being present
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very similarly; roughly
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large weapons, such as cannon and missile launchers operated by crews; army branch in use of large weapons
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narrative or record of events; the reason given for a particular action or event