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parachute  Speak Example sentences
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a chemical used to kill pests
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every three months; in three month intervals
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rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
partisan  Speak Example sentences
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push; driving force; act of propelling
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discussion; formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
perishable  Speak Example sentences
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
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liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
persecute  Speak Example sentences
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column; post
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pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
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a chemical used to kill pests
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rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
picturesque  Speak Example sentences
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scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
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student who continues studies after graduation
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being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
porous  Speak Example sentences
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column; post
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stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
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full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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of or pertaining to knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
postmortem  Speak Example sentences
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restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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declare; announce
preface  Speak Example sentences
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make longer; draw out; lengthen
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full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
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something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
presumption  Speak Example sentences
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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push; driving force; act of propelling
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occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
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act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof
prodigious  Speak Example sentences
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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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being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous