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fierce  Speak Example sentences
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margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
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ferocious; savage; extremely severe or violent; terrible
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture
fixture  Speak Example sentences
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place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
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chart; a drawing illustrating the relations
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build; put together out of components or parts
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commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
flare  Speak Example sentences
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having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
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sudden outburst of emotion; glare; shine; shine with sudden light
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unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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shortage of food; starvation
flicker  Speak Example sentences
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sudden outburst of emotion; glare; shine; shine with sudden light
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merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
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clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
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flutter; flap the wings without flying; waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air
fluctuate  Speak Example sentences
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fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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bacteria; earliest form of an organism; seed
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fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
forge  Speak Example sentences
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workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
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consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture
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very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
fracture  Speak Example sentences
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large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
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break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse
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merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
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build; put together out of components or parts
friction  Speak Example sentences
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inherent power or ability; body of persons with specific professional powers
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building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
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clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
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build; put together out of components or parts
fundamental  Speak Example sentences
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slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
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relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
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mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
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rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
galaxy  Speak Example sentences
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spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water
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body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
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clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
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large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities