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(adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn
I try to be apt. |
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(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
It would be weird to see an awry person. |
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(n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
You can bludgeon with a bludgeon. |
bludgeon
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(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel
Giving up is as bad as capitulating. |
capitulate
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(v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing
I have a chafe on my arm from when I chafed it. |
chafe
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(v., trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon
The troops defiled through the defile. |
defile
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(adj.) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
Hitler is a dire topic. |
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(adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion
I do not like disarming people. |
disarming
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(adj., part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed
My sisters often make me disgruntled. |
disgruntled
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(v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
Is the definition for encroach similar to that for infiltrate? |
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(v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality
I wish I could endow the house my way. |
endow
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(v.) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
I try to fend off enemies. |
fend
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(n.) freedom from punishment
Prisioners must never gain impunity. |
impunity
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(n.) air, manner; appearance; expression
I try to have a positive mien. |
mien
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(adj.) having to do with punishment
Can a person be penal? |
penal
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(adj.) related to the matter at hand, to the point
I often bring up things that are not pertinent. |
pertinent
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(adj.) the greatest in strength or power; most common
Humans are the predominant species. |
predominant
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(n.) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent
Shirley Temple was a prodigy. |
prodigy
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(n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
I do not want to be a recluse. |
recluse
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(n.) fame, glory
I wish I had renown. |
renown
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