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(v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
(n)It adopted next excise duties on articles produced or consumed within the country. (v)I excised the picture from the paper with scissors |
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(adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
There are exotic animals all over the world. |
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(adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
Hagrid in Harry Potter is not haggard. |
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(adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
A smile is very jaunty. |
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(n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
The train went through a juncture. |
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(adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
Menials(n) are usually menial.(adj) |
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(v.) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
Perry the Platypus parried(v) every attack using a parry.(n) |
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(adj.) preying on, plundering, or piratical
A lion is a predatory animal. |
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(v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction
The racoon ravaged(v) through the ravage.(n) |
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(n.) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
There is a stance that I did that is very hard. |
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(adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
I am not tawdry ever. |
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(n.) a person who switches to an opposing side or party
Another word for a turncoat is a traitor. |
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(adj.) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
I try not to be unassuming. |
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(v.) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (n.) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse
Pigs wallow(v) in a muddy wallow.(n) |
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(v.) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision
I do not waver in any of my decisions. |
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(n.) the highest point
The acme of a mountain can be called the summit. |
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(n.) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from
One of my attributes(n) is the ability to attribute(v) Carly for lying. |
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(v.) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
I try to belittle my problems because I do not like problems |
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(v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
How hard is it to convey the message the Nazis were very mean to Jews. |
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(n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
One doctrine of the christian faith is that Jesus rose from the dead. |
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