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jolt  Speak Example sentences
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sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of body
kernel  Speak Example sentences
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short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
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open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
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scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes
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central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
lace  Speak Example sentences
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earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; predicting what the weather will be
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humble; less ambitious; moderate
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a great number; many
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delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
legislate  Speak Example sentences
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easily understood; clear; intelligible
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implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
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acute; incisive; sharp ; express grief verbally
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make laws; create or pass laws
liberal  Speak Example sentences
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open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
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tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
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humble; less ambitious; moderate
malnutrition  Speak Example sentences
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treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.
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border; rim; room
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stately; royal; relating to a monarch
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state of poor nutrition
manifest  Speak Example sentences
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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state of poor nutrition
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clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
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moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
mediocre  Speak Example sentences
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any animals kept for use or profit
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treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.
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moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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gear; tackle; combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
meditate  Speak Example sentences
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dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; plan in the mind
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tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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a great number; many
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relating to, or suggestive of war; connected with the armed forces
melancholy  Speak Example sentences
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injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; sanctioned or ordered by court