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aloof  Speak Example sentences
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v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
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v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
anemic  Speak Example sentences
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a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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adj. affected with anemia.
antediluvian  Speak Example sentences
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n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
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n. ritual; ceremony or rite
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v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
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a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
archaism  Speak Example sentences
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n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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n. obsolescence.
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n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.
atomizer  Speak Example sentences
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adj. compassionate.
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a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
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n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
augur  Speak Example sentences
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v. to predict.
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n. agreement.
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v. contradict; give a false impression
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n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
candid  Speak Example sentences
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a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
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n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
canon  Speak Example sentences
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adj. affected with anemia.
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n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
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n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
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n. a placing opposite.
check  Speak Example sentences
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v. stop motion; curb or restrain
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a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
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a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
citadel  Speak Example sentences
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n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle
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n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.
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n. a placing opposite.
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n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.