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v. load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride


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n. a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony


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a. ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds


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a. relating to or consisting of sculpture


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n. sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided


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a. emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism


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a. very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure


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v. break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush


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a. fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved


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a. helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective


Spelling Word: strategic