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incongruity  Speak Example sentences
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range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
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having no adverse effect; harmless
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
innate  Speak Example sentences
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possessed at birth; inborn
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one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
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arguing that a claim is false
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recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated
invoke  Speak Example sentences
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
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being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
maudlin  Speak Example sentences
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tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental
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excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
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one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
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replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
opportunist  Speak Example sentences
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one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
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act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision
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one who takes advantage of any chance to achieve an end, with no regard for principles or consequences
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
paradigm  Speak Example sentences
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one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
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state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
petulant  Speak Example sentences
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one who takes advantage of any chance to achieve an end, with no regard for principles or consequences
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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formally accuse of a crime
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easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
prevaricator  Speak Example sentences
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liar
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recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated
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one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
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set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
recluse  Speak Example sentences
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gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision
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one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
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arguing that a claim is false
repertory  Speak Example sentences
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displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies
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place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; storage; entire range of skills or aptitudes
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state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
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formal declaration