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emulate  Speak Example sentences
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
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foolish or stupid person; unlearned, ignorant, or simple person
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an act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
espouse  Speak Example sentences
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
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seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
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island; spot within another of a different color
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
extraneous  Speak Example sentences
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word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
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physically weak; easily broken
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not essential;  coming from outside
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unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
extravagant  Speak Example sentences
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exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
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done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
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wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
furnace  Speak Example sentences
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great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
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go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
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enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
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not essential;  coming from outside
holocaust  Speak Example sentences
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act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
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wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
idol  Speak Example sentences
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image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
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great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
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weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
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act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
insensible  Speak Example sentences
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uncontrollably forceful or fast; done with head leading; headfirst
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noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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regard with respect; favorable regard
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unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
insolent  Speak Example sentences
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
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strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
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well-born; of a good family or respectable birth; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender
instigate  Speak Example sentences
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
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strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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an act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke