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prodigal  Speak Example sentences
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wasteful; reckless with money
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charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
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momentary; temporary; staying for short time
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empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
proletarian  Speak Example sentences
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lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
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chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
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wasteful; reckless with money
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member of working class; blue collar person
rescind  Speak Example sentences
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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late; delayed; moving slowly
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deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
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temporary relief from harm or discomfort; postponement or cancellation of punishment
savant  Speak Example sentences
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scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
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large volume; large and scholarly book
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inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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wasteful; reckless with money
scrupulous  Speak Example sentences
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wasteful; reckless with money
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moderate; tone down or restrain; bring to a desired consistency; adjust finely
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school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
sluggard  Speak Example sentences
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor
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act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, or office; surrender
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lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
talisman  Speak Example sentences
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
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charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
tentative  Speak Example sentences
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fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
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inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
tirade  Speak Example sentences
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go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
tome  Speak Example sentences
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idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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long and thin; slender; having little substance
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large volume; large and scholarly book