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parachute  Speak Example sentences
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coat; cover
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introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
partisan  Speak Example sentences
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make public; make known to mankind, or to people in general
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
pathos  Speak Example sentences
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someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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make longer; draw out; lengthen
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
perishable  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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liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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pertaining to one of the poles of the earth; of the poles
pervert  Speak Example sentences
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make public; make known to mankind, or to people in general
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cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt; bring to a bad or worse condition
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restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges
pillar  Speak Example sentences
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paragraph added to letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
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column; post
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condition or state, especially a bad state or condition
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in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
pinch  Speak Example sentences
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stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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authority to act for another; agent or substitute
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board; lumber
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clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges
pollinate  Speak Example sentences
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fertilize by transferring pollen
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take part in something; share in something
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complete view in every direction.
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
portray  Speak Example sentences
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depict; describe; draw
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rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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pertaining to one of the poles of the earth; of the poles
postscript  Speak Example sentences
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someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
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sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door
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complete view in every direction.
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paragraph added to letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer