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feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of , often in an aggressive manner
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free from disturbance; pacific
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long and thin; slender; having little substance
sanctimonious  Speak Example sentences
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free from disturbance; pacific
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
scourge  Speak Example sentences
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able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
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whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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having supreme rank or power; self governing; excellent; independent
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
sinister  Speak Example sentences
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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suggesting or threatening evil
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
sporadic  Speak Example sentences
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conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of , often in an aggressive manner
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
stringent  Speak Example sentences
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demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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aggressiveness; ferocity; ferociously cruel actions or behavior
stupendous  Speak Example sentences
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
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enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
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being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
sultry  Speak Example sentences
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burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of material world; worldly
tenet  Speak Example sentences
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examine closely and critically
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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swollen; distended; excessively ornate or complex in style or language
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opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
tenuous  Speak Example sentences
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enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of , often in an aggressive manner
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long and thin; slender; having little substance