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objective  Speak Example sentences
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covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
oblivious  Speak Example sentences
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noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
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change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
omniscient  Speak Example sentences
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equality in status or amount; similarity or close
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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having total knowledge; knowing everything
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
opaque  Speak Example sentences
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impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
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one who brings a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser
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change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
ornate  Speak Example sentences
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
ossify  Speak Example sentences
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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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animal or plant living on another
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
paradox  Speak Example sentences
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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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one who brings a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser
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bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
parasite  Speak Example sentences
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person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
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lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action
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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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animal or plant living on another
parochial  Speak Example sentences
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narrow in outlook; related to local church community
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equality in status or amount; similarity or close
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expel; eject from a position or place; force out
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former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
parody  Speak Example sentences
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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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animal or plant living on another