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acerbity  Speak Example sentences
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wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
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loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light
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friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
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the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
adventitious  Speak Example sentences
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preventing infection; having cleansing effect
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artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under the road
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story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
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accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
apolitical  Speak Example sentences
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preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
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lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side
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charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
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having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
apologist  Speak Example sentences
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portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out
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artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under the road
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loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light
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a person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution
atavism  Speak Example sentences
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the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
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the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
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resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations
aureole  Speak Example sentences
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an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
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the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
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accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
authenticate  Speak Example sentences
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prove genuine; establish authenticity of
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radiating; departing from the center
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state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
avuncular  Speak Example sentences
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slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
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in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
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providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
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prove genuine; establish authenticity of
caldron  Speak Example sentences
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large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron
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having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
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an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention
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treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
cantata  Speak Example sentences
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
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story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
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preventing infection; having cleansing effect
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the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo