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canvas  Speak Example sentences
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heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
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festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows
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round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
cashier  Speak Example sentences
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force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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agreeing with or established by common usage; conventional; habitual
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keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
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one who has charge of money; cash keeper
climax  Speak Example sentences
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one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible
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any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts
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of or relating to climate, or meteorological conditions
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upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
clumsy  Speak Example sentences
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one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible
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awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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one who contracts to build things; a party to a contract
cluster  Speak Example sentences
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gather or grow into bunches
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overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
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of or relating to non-military life
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break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
combination  Speak Example sentences
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lightweight elastic outer bark, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats
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an arrangement in a particular order; union
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gather or grow into bunches
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chief; serving as an essential component
compel  Speak Example sentences
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force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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of or relating to the heart
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provide; bestow a quality on
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nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
competitor  Speak Example sentences
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one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claim; one who competes; rival
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force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
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ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
comprehend  Speak Example sentences
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take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
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compute; determine; estimate
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one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible
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keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
conceit  Speak Example sentences
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an expert who gives advice
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overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
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festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows
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an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together