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proscribe  Speak Example sentences
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v. command against; banish; outlaw
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n. minor objection or complaint; petty distinction
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adj. seizing and devouring living prey.
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a. metropolitan; of, relating to, or located in a city
quantity  Speak Example sentences
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adj. composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
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n. magnitude.
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a. surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
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n. one who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
raptorial  Speak Example sentences
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a. surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
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v. command against; banish; outlaw
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adj. composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
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adj. seizing and devouring living prey.
remodel  Speak Example sentences
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a. very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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a. easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
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v. make over in structure or style; reconstruct; change the form of
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n. one who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
renovate  Speak Example sentences
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v. restore to good condition; renew
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a. short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
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n. comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as
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n. any announcement made in a public manner.
rhetorician  Speak Example sentences
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v. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
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n. a showy writer or speaker.
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v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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v. repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
sheer  Speak Example sentences
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v. disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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a. very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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a. acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
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n. the treatment of mental disease.
sophism  Speak Example sentences
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a. dazzling; glorious; shining with brilliant luster; very bright
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n. a false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
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adj. composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
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a. acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
stigma  Speak Example sentences
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a. short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
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a. very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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n. symbol of disgrace; small mark, as scar or birthmark; mark made with red-hot iron
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n. any announcement made in a public manner.
supernumerary  Speak Example sentences
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adj. being in proportion.
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a. conspicuous; immediately noticeable; sticking out; widely known
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adj. superfluous.
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adj. composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.