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abstrute |
difficult to comprehend |
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obtruse |
slow to understand; insensitive |
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accede |
to comply;attain |
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exceede |
to surpass |
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accomplice |
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accomplish |
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accept |
take |
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except |
exclude; object |
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accepter |
one who accepts |
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exceptor |
objector |
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accretion |
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accreditation |
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access |
right to use; approach |
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excess |
surplus |
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acetic |
acid;sour |
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aesthetic |
concerning beauty. Manifesting taste. |
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ascetic |
austere |
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adapt |
change to suit; conform |
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adept |
proficient |
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adopt |
to choose; to take as one's own |
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addition |
something added; an increase |
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edition |
books printed at same time |
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adduce |
to offer for consideration; to cite |
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educe |
to bring out; elicit |
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algorithm |
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logarithm |
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adjoin |
to attach; border upon |
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adjourn |
to suspend; postpone |
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ado |
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adieu |
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adverse |
opposed; unfavorable |
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averse |
Disinclined |
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advice |
information; recommendation |
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advise |
to give counsel; to inform |
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affect |
to influence; to alter; to feign |
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effect |
to bring about; the result |
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affiance |
to pledge; promise. Betrothal |
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affiants |
deponents |
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affluent |
wealthy |
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effluent |
flowing |
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aid |
assistance |
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aide |
Military assistant; helper. |
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ail |
to be ill or in trouble |
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ale |
a fermented liquor |
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air |
atmosphere; manner; melody. |
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ere |
Before; soon. |
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err |
To be wrong or mistaken. |
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heir |
One who inherits. |
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airship |
Aircraft. |
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heirship |
Inheritance |
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aisle |
Passageway in church or assembly room. |
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isle |
Small island |
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alimentary |
Food; nutriton. |
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elementary |
Fundamental |
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allay |
To a calm or quiet; relieve; lessen. |
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alley |
Narrow back street. Bowling space. |
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all ready |
Prepared |
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already |
Previously |
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all right |
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all wrong |
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all together |
collectively |
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altogether |
completely |
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a lot |
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allot |
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allude |
to refer to; mention |
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elude |
evade; baffle; escape |
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allusion |
indirect refrence; a hint |
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illusion |
an unreal image; false impression |
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aloud |
audibly |
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allowed |
permitted |
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alternately |
by turns |
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alternatively |
offering a choice |
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accelerate |
go faster; speed up
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exhilerate |
animate; cheer up |
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altar |
place of worship |
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alter |
to vary; modify |
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alumna |
A girl or woman who has attended or been graduated from a school or college |
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alumnus |
a boy or man who has attended or been graduated from a school or college |
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amenable |
Responsive; submissive |
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amendable |
May be revised |
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amour |
Love affair |
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armor |
Protective covering; arms; weapons. |
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armoire |
large cupboard; clothespress |
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angel |
A spiritual being |
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angle |
A comer |
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annals |
Account of events; history |
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annuals |
Yearbooks. Flowers that live only one year |
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annual |
yearly
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annul |
To cancel |
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ante |
before. One's share; stake |
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anti |
opposed to |
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apposite |
relevant |
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opposite |
Opposed to |
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appraise |
To set a value on |
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apprise |
to inform |
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approximate |
Resembling. Near. To approach |
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proximate |
Next or nearest |
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area |
Surface; extent |
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aria |
a melody |
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anergy |
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energy |
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ardor |
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order |
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arraign |
to call into court; formally accuse |
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arrange |
To put in order; classify; plan. |
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arrant |
Out and out; unmitigated |
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errant |
Wandering; roving |
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ascent |
The act of rising |
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assent |
Consent |
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assay |
To test an ore or chemical; to appraise |
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essay |
A composition. To attempt |
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aught |
Any least part; anything |
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ought |
to be bound; to require |
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avert |
to prevent; ward off |
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overt |
Done outwardly with evident intent |
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avocation |
subordinate or occasional occupation; diversion |
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vocation |
Calling; trade; occupation
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awhile |
for some time |
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stay awhile |
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stay for a while |
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a while |
a short time |
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aye |
An affirmative vote; yes |
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eye |
The organ of sight |
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I |
first person pronoun |
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badder |
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better |
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bail |
Security; To dip water |
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bale |
A bundle |
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base |
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bass |
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basis |
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bases |
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bait |
Attraction |
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bate |
To lessen; lower |
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bans |
Forbids; prohibits |
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banns |
Notice of marriage |
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bare |
Fully revealed |
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bear |
Large mammal. Carry. Endure. |
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baron |
Nobleman |
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barren |
Infertitle; unproductive; arid |
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bazaar |
A fair; market place |
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bizarre |
Extravagant; excentric |
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beat |
To surpass; defeat |
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beet |
Garden vegetable |
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beer |
malt liquor |
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bier |
Coffin stand |
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beside |
to the side of |
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besides |
in additon to |
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berth |
sleeping bunk. Ship's mooring place. |
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birth |
Being born. Origin; descent |
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better |
Improved |
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bettor |
One who wagers |
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biannual |
Occuring twice a year |
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biennial |
occuring once in two years |
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bidding |
A command; invitation. Offering |
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biding |
remaining; staying |
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bight |
A loop; a bend or curve |
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bite |
To cut into |
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blew |
Past tense of blow |
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blue |
color |
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bloc |
A group; combination |
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block |
To obstruct |
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boar |
male hog |
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bore |
to make a hole in. to make way |
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board |
A piece of sawed lumbar |
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bored |
Past tense of bore |
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bogey |
Golfing term- one over par. |
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boggy |
Swampy; marshy |
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bogy |
A goblin; spook. Undercarriage of a railroad car |
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bolder |
More daring |
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boulder |
A large rock |
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bole |
Tree trunk |
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boll |
Seed pod, as of cotton |
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bowl |
Deep dish |
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bonny |
Beautiful |
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bony |
Pertaining to bones |
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born |
Birth |
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borne |
carried |
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bourn |
a stream. Objective; goal. |
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borough |
A town |
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burro |
a donkey |
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burrow |
A hole; tunnel. |
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bough |
A branch of a tree. |
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bow |
To bend in respect. The forward part of a vessel |
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bouillon |
a clear soup |
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bullion |
Gold or silver to be coined |
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boy |
a male child |
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buoy |
a float |
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braise |
Method of cooking |
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braze |
to solder |
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brake |
Thicket. A device for slowing or stopping action |
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break |
to shatter |
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breach |
a breaking |
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breech |
lower part |
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bread |
food |
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bred |
past tense of breed |
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breath |
breathing; respiration. |
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breathe |
to inhale and exhale |
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breadth |
free from narrowness |
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bridal |
of a wedding |
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bridle |
Control; restriction |
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broach |
to utter; introduce a subject |
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brooch |
An ornamental clasp |
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bruit |
To spread report rumor |
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brute |
A beast. Animal-like |
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buffet |
To strike; slap |
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buffet |
a sideboard; cupboard. A counter for refreshments |
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burley |
Light colored tobacco |
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burly |
Huskey; brawny. |
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buy |
to purchase |
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by |
Near; along. Past. |
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bye |
Something aside or secondary |
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cabal |
Secret scheme; plot. |
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cable |
Heavy rope, often of wire. A cablegram |
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cache |
A place for hiding. Things stored or hidden. |
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cash |
Bills and coins |
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calandar |
Record of time; register |
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calender |
Finishing machine for paper or cloth |
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colander |
Strainer |
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callous |
Insensitive; unfeeling |
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callus |
Hardened place on the skin |
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canape |
An appetizer |
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canopy |
A covering; overhanging shelter |
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cannon |
Large gun |
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canon |
A doctrine; a law of rule; criterion |
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canon |
A canyon; deep gorge. |
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canter |
easy gallop |
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cantor |
church singer |
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canvas |
coarse strong cloth |
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canvass |
to solicit, to go through in detail |
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capital |
Chief city. Wealth in form of money or property |
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capitol |
building where state legislature meets |
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Capitol |
building where US Congress meets |
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carat |
Unit of weight |
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caret |
Mark to show something to be added |
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carrot |
a vegetable |
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carousal |
Hilarious drinking party |
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carrousel |
A merry-go-round |
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carton |
Cardboard box |
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cartoon |
Caricature |
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cast |
To throw or fling |
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caste |
A division or class of society |
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caster |
Condiment cruet. Wheel for moving furniture |
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castor |
Bean; oil |
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casual |
Unimportant; incidental |
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causal |
Pertaining to a cause |
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casually |
By chance; offhand; without design. |
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casualty |
A mishap. Serious or fatal accident |
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catalectic |
pertaining to verse |
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cataleptic |
Subject to seizures
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cease |
to stop |
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seize |
To lay hold of; grasp |
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cede |
To grant; to give up |
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seed |
Source; origin. |
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cell |
A small compartment |
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sell |
To convey |
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cense |
To burn incense |
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sense |
Feel; perceive; meaning; attitude. |
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censer |
Incense pan |
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censor |
A critic; faultfinder. Supervisor of public morals |
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censure |
to blame; condemn as wrong
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census |
statistics of population |
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senses |
mental faculties |
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cereal |
food made from grain |
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serial |
Forming a series |
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cession |
giving up; surrendering |
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session |
A meeting assembled |
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cheap |
inexpensive |
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cheep |
To chirp; peep |
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chews |
Masticates |
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choose |
to make a selection |
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choir |
group of singers |
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quire |
24 sheets of paper |
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chute |
a quick descent |
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shoot |
To discharge a gun, etc. |
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cite |
to summon; to quote. |
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sight |
A view; vision |
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site |
A location |
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clause |
An artical in a document. A word group |
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claws |
Nails of an animal |
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climactic |
of climate |
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climb |
to ascend |
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clime |
A region; climate |
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close |
Shut in; confined. To bring to an end |
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clothes |
Attaire; raiment |
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cloth |
fabric |
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clothes |
to put garments on |
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coarse |
common; rough |
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course |
Path; mode; progress |
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collaborate |
to cooperate; assist |
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corroborate |
to make more certain; support |
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coma |
State of unconsciousness |
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comma |
a punctuation mark |
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comb |
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coam |
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command |
to order; to lead |
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commend |
to approve; entrust |
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complement |
complete |
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compliment |
praise |
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complex |
Complicated; not simple |
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complex |
A whole made up of interrelated parts |
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compound |
composite |
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compound |
To unite into a whole |
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conduct |
behavior |
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conduct |
to lead; guide; escort. to direct |
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confidant |
Trusted friend |
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confidante |
woman confidant |
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confident |
assured |
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confidentially |
privately |
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confidently |
certainly |
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consul |
government official in foreign country |
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council |
a deliberative assembly |
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counsel |
Advice; legal adviser. |
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confirm |
to verify |
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conform |
to adapt |
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content |
Tropics treated. Meaning. Amount contained |
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content |
satisfied |
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continence |
Self-restraint |
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continents |
Mainlands |
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converse |
to talk |
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converse |
the opposite or reverse |
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convert |
to turn from one belief or course to another. to divert |
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convert |
one who experiences religious conversion |
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convict |
to find guilty |
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convict |
One sentenced for a crime; serving prison sentence. |
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coolie |
Oriential larbor |
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coolly |
In a cool manner; calmly |
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coulee |
Steep-walled valley; ravine. |
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core |
the central part of anything |
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corps |
a dead body |
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corpus |
Main body. Principal, as opposed to interest |
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corporal |
Of the body; personal. Noncomissioner officer |
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corporeal |
Physical; tangible |
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correspondence |
Agreement; letters |
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correspondents |
Letter-writers; matching things |
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corespondents |
Named in divorce actions. |
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could |
past tense of can |
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cud |
Food chewed second time by ruminating animals |
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courtesy |
politeness |
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curtsy |
Salutaion made by dipping body slightly as a mark of respect |
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critic |
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critique |
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credible |
believable |
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creditable |
Deserving of praise |
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currant |
a berry |
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current |
At present. A running or flowing |
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courant |
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courants |
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cygnet |
Young swan |
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signet |
A seal; sign |
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cymbals |
brass plates to clash together |
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symbols |
signs; emblems |
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dairy |
A place handling milk products |
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diary |
A daily record |
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dais |
Raised platform |
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days |
Plural of day |
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daze |
Confused state. To stupefy |
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dammed |
Flow restrained by barrier |
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damned |
Condemned; doomed. |
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Dane |
Native of Denmark. |
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deign |
To condescend to give |
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dear |
Precious; beloved. High-priced. |
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deer |
wild animal |
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decease |
death |
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disease |
Illness |
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decedent |
the deceased; dead person |
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dissident |
Not agreeing. One who dissents. |
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decadent |
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decent |
Suitable; good; respectable. |
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descent |
Going down; lineage |
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dissent |
Disagreement; difference of opinion |
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disburse |
to pay out money |
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disperse |
scatter in different directions |
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defer |
to put off; to delay |
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deference |
yeillding to the judgement of another |
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decree |
an edict; law |
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degree |
A grade; a step |
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deference |
Respect; yielding |
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difference |
A dispute; unlike |
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differential |
Distinctive. Having different effects |
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deferential |
Respectful |
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demean |
debase; lower. |
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demense |
Estate; land. |
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demur |
to object; to delay. |
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demure |
Modest; serious. |
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dent |
Small depression |
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dint |
Force; power. |
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depositary |
One receiving a deposit; a trustee.
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depository |
A place where things are placed for safe-keeping. |
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deprecate |
To speak disapprovingly of. |
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depreciate |
To lessen either in price or value |
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deraign |
To plead; vindicate. |
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derange |
To throw into disorder. To make insane |
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desert |
a barren land |
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desert |
What one deserves-- reward or punishment. To abandon |
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dessert |
Course served at the end of a meale |
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desperate |
Without hope |
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disparate |
dissimilar; unequal; different |
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deter |
Warn; dissuade; prevent |
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detour |
Turn aside; divert |
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device |
A contrivance |
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devise |
To convey; plan. |
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die |
Molding device. Stop living. |
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dye |
color |
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dinghy |
A light rowboat or skiff |
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dingy |
Dull; dirty; grimy |
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discomfit |
To defeat; rout; overthrow |
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discomfort |
Distress; uneasiness |
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discreet |
Prudent; tactful |
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discrete |
Separate; distinct |
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discus |
Plate to be thrown in athletic event |
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discuss |
To talk; debate |
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disinterested |
Free of personal motive |
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uninterested |
Indifferent; lacking interest |
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disseminate |
Scatter abroad; sow. |
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dissimilate |
to make or become dissimilar |
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dissimulate |
Make pretense; conceal |
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divers |
Various; several |
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diverse |
Different; dissimilar |
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dew |
Condensed moisture |
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do |
Perform; carry out |
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due |
owing; proper |
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done |
accomplished |
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dun |
urgent demand for payment. Light brown color. |
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dual |
Pertaining to two |
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duel |
combat between two persons |
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dully |
In a dull manner |
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duly |
In due time or manner |
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dyeing |
staining; coloring |
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dying |
ceasing to live |
