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defile  Speak Example sentences
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the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
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build; put together out of components or parts
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
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spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
deplete  Speak Example sentences
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twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
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opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
diffuse  Speak Example sentences
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spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
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support on which a lever rests; prop or support
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flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
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female sheep, especially when full grown
dregs  Speak Example sentences
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very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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study of origin and nature of ideas
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waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
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sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
dross  Speak Example sentences
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fine thread or fiber; thin wire;  threadlike structure within the light bulb
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waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
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twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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throw into confusion; deeply involved, especially in something complicated
embryonic  Speak Example sentences
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in the early stage of development; of an organism before birth; related to embryo
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excessively exacting; inclined to judge too severely
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giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
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very thin especially from disease or hunger
exhaustive  Speak Example sentences
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treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
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act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
expiate  Speak Example sentences
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opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
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very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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object because of doubts; hesitate
ferment  Speak Example sentences
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
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agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
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increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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fine thread or fiber; thin wire;  threadlike structure within the light bulb
flux  Speak Example sentences
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flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
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stockpile; accumulate for future use
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object because of doubts; hesitate
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increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate