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decompose  Speak Example sentences
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questionable; filled with doubt
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become worse; decline
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standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
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decay
deduce  Speak Example sentences
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view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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loud, confused, harsh noise; loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound
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expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
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lead forth; reach a conclusion by reasoning; trace the origin or derivation of
depress  Speak Example sentences
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lower in spirits; press down
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
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cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
designate  Speak Example sentences
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drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream
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indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
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very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
despair  Speak Example sentences
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raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
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analyze; examine; identify
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loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
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dedicate; contribute
destine  Speak Example sentences
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hand out; disseminate; allocate
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decree or designate beforehand; fate
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act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
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become worse; decline
deteriorate  Speak Example sentences
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act of turning aside; pastime; activity that relaxes or entertains
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become worse; decline
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quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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dedicate; contribute
devote  Speak Example sentences
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dedicate; contribute
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humid; moist; slightly wet
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analyze; examine; identify
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differing in some characteristics; various
disdain  Speak Example sentences
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lack of consistency; difference
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view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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fearful or distasteful anticipation; terror; horror
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humid; moist; slightly wet
dismay  Speak Example sentences
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mental disorder marked by confusion
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm