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damp
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to diminish the intensity; to check the vibration of a sound
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die
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a tool used for shaping
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essay
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to test; attempt
(The newborn fawn essayed a few wobbly steps.) |
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exact
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to demand; call for; require
(Even a victorious war exacts a heavy price.) |
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fell
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to cause to fall by striking
(The lumberjacks felled many trees.) |
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flag
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to sag or droop; to decline; to become spiritless
(They all noticed her flagging spirits after her dad died.) |
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flip
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sarcastic; impertinent
(a flip remark) |
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guy
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a rope attached to something as a brace or guide
(to steady or reinforce using a guy.) |
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intimate
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to imply or suggest
(Are you intimating that I cannot be trusted?) |
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
(The ship's broken mast listed helplessly in the wind.) |
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lumber
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to move heavily and clumsily
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
(unalloyed means pure) |
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appropriate
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to take for one's own use; to confiscate
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arrest
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to suspend; to engage
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august
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majestic; venerable
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bent
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inclination; proclivity
(He had a naturally artistic bent.) |
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broach
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to bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure
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cardinal
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major
(cardinal sin) |
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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color
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to distort; gloss or affect
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consequential
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pompous; self-important
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meet
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fitting; proper
(It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame.)` |
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milk
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to exploit
(I milked the position for all it was worth.) |
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mince
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to pronounce or speak affectedly; euphemize; to speak too carefully
(Don't mince words.) |
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nice
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fastidious; extremely precise
(He made a nice distinction between the two cases.) |
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obtain
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to be established, accepted or customary
(Those standards no longer obtain.) |
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occult
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hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
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commonplace, trite
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quotidian
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pedestrian, trite
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pied
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multicolored
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pluck
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courage; spunk; fortitude
(Churchill's speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war.) |
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prize
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to pry, to press or force with a lever
(The information was prized from him.) |
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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rent
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torn
(there was a large rent in the fabric) |
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quail
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to lose courage, to become frightened
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qualify
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to limit
(Let me qualify that statement.) |
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sap
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to weaken
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scurvy
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despicable
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singular
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exceptional, unusual, odd
(He was singularly well-suited for the job.) |
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stand
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a group of trees
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steep
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to saturate
(She was steeped in esoteric knowledge.) |
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strut
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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table
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to remove from consideration
(They tabled the motion and will consider it again later.) |
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tender
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to proffer or offer
(He tendered his resignation.) |
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waffle
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to equivocate; to change one's position.
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wag
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wit; joker
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