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pageant  Speak Example sentences
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elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
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lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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introduction, usually to a poem or play
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likely but not certain to be or become true or real
parody  Speak Example sentences
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
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checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
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quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
passive  Speak Example sentences
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lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
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introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
peer  Speak Example sentences
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cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
pervade  Speak Example sentences
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
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pierce; go through; permeate
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seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
pilgrim  Speak Example sentences
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declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future
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traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
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lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
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ahead; prior to
plumb  Speak Example sentences
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ahead; prior to
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
potent  Speak Example sentences
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
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former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
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powerful; having power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
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craft of making earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay
predecessor  Speak Example sentences
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state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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likely but not certain to be or become true or real
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former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
predominant  Speak Example sentences
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steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
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continue; insist; persevere
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prevention; measure taken beforehand; act of foresight