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abhor  Speak Example sentences
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hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
abstemious  Speak Example sentences
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
acrid  Speak Example sentences
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
aloof  Speak Example sentences
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
anthology  Speak Example sentences
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics
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book of literary selections by various authors
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swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
apprehensive  Speak Example sentences
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randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
arcane  Speak Example sentences
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
blighted  Speak Example sentences
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suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
brevity  Speak Example sentences
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quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
callow  Speak Example sentences
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply