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prohibitory  Speak Example sentences
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adj. of less than the customary size.
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adj. involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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adv. after which.
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n. ruling; governing; exercising vicarious authority; one who rules or reigns; governor; ruler
protective  Speak Example sentences
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n. a greenhouse for grapes.
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a. able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
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adj. sheltering.
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v. cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
pungent  Speak Example sentences
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n. argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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a. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
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v. recover; find and bring in; get back
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v. eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
reactionary  Speak Example sentences
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v. recover; find and bring in; get back
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v. to return to a former place or condition.
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n. review; look back upon; remember
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a. opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
regent  Speak Example sentences
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n. ruling; governing; exercising vicarious authority; one who rules or reigns; governor; ruler
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v. to contaminate.
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n. review; look back upon; remember
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v. frighten; fill with terror
regiment  Speak Example sentences
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n. government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
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n. occupant; one that pays rent to use land or building
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n. dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
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a. without an equal; being the only one of its kind
regress  Speak Example sentences
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n. a public street or road.
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v. to return to a former place or condition.
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n. physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place
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n. process or result of becoming less or smaller
repository  Speak Example sentences
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adj. capable of being turned back.
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n. place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
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a. suggesting or threatening evil
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v. to contaminate.
retrospect  Speak Example sentences
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n. review; look back upon; remember
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a. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
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n. oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
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n. a greenhouse for grapes.
salience  Speak Example sentences
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n. a confirmed criminal.
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n. argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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n. whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; spiral motion of fluid within a limited area
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n. the condition of standing out distinctly.