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menagerie  Speak Example sentences
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collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
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open to view; not secret or hidden
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person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
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confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
obliterate  Speak Example sentences
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confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
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cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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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
oblivious  Speak Example sentences
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intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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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
obsequious  Speak Example sentences
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decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
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slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
obtuse  Speak Example sentences
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slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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foremost in importance; supreme in rank
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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extremely disturbed from emotion
omnipotent  Speak Example sentences
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narrow in outlook; related to local church community
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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
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model of excellence or perfection; peerless example
ornate  Speak Example sentences
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slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
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privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
ostentatious  Speak Example sentences
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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
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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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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
pariah  Speak Example sentences
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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social outcast; person who is rejected from society or home
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
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destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
parochial  Speak Example sentences
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open to view; not secret or hidden
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extremely disturbed from emotion
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narrow in outlook; related to local church community
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slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull