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Stories of USA Today
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flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; short length of pipe made of clay or concrete, used in sewers and drains
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dependable; reliable
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plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
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push; force used in pushing ; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
temperament  Speak Example sentences
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person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
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frighten; fill with terror
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being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
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light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light; dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed
temperate  Speak Example sentences
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push; force used in pushing ; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move
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canal; deep furrow or ditch; long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor
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restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
tenable  Speak Example sentences
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cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process
tendency  Speak Example sentences
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plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
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branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
tentative  Speak Example sentences
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
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person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
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trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
terrify  Speak Example sentences
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indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
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frighten; fill with terror
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organization of performers and associated personnel
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exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
toil  Speak Example sentences
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go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
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flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; short length of pipe made of clay or concrete, used in sewers and drains
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effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
tonic  Speak Example sentences
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something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
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restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
tornado  Speak Example sentences
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a thing of very little value or importance
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exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
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cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball