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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
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mark a line below, as words; underscore.
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sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
underlying  Speak Example sentences
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rejection; vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against
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common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
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lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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pattern or structure by weaving ; knit; interlace
undertake  Speak Example sentences
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take on; embark on; assume
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cause to revolve or writhe; twist about; turn; twist
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a piece of orange or lemon peel, used to give flavor to liquor; something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste; appetizer
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make useful; find a practical use for; utilize
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pattern or structure by weaving ; knit; interlace
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not having a job; condition of being unemployed; state of being unused
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bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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putting together; made delicately or elaborately; having been worked or prepared somehow
utmost  Speak Example sentences
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shrivel; decay; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; loss of moisture
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make useful; find a practical use for; utilize
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farthest point or extremity; most distant; extreme
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mark a line below, as words; underscore.
variant  Speak Example sentences
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something useful; public service
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lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
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varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
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putting together; made delicately or elaborately; having been worked or prepared somehow
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fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
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differed; diversified; various
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not having a job; condition of being unemployed; state of being unused
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unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
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change aspect of; alter in form, appearance, substance, position; make different by a partial change; modify
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fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
velocity  Speak Example sentences
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hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; hire; employ
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rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
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very cautious; on guard; watchful
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bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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give in; surrender; give forth a natural product; be productive
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state of being near in space or relationship; proximity
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put at risk; adventure
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary