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instigate  Speak Example sentences
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unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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having no adverse effect; harmless
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satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
inundate  Speak Example sentences
2
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clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
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seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
luxuriant  Speak Example sentences
3
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one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
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assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
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abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
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sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
malleable  Speak Example sentences
4
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behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
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strong inclination; definite liking
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
perfunctory  Speak Example sentences
5
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loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
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sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
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done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
raze  Speak Example sentences
6
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loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
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traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
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one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
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destroy completely; scrape or shave off
satire  Speak Example sentences
7
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traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
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done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
serendipity  Speak Example sentences
8
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gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
squander  Speak Example sentences
9
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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
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overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
stupefy  Speak Example sentences
10
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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined