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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
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feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
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meticulous, attentive to detail
melancholy  Speak Example sentences
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
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capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt
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set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
notoriety  Speak Example sentences
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tending to return or revert
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known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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meticulous, attentive to detail
opportunist  Speak Example sentences
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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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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harshly critical
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retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song
oracle  Speak Example sentences
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humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
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feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
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answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by god to the prophets
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relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
rancor  Speak Example sentences
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easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
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bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred
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bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come
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approve formally; confirm; verify
relegate  Speak Example sentences
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
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tending to return or revert
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assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
rescind  Speak Example sentences
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
rhetorical  Speak Example sentences
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
sanguine  Speak Example sentences
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
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feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged