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pall  Speak Example sentences
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grow tiresome; have dulling, wearisome, or boring effect
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put forward; offer for consideration or debate
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one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
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essential premise; the underlying assumption
perforate  Speak Example sentences
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pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
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shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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relating to money; requiring payment of money
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any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; program; plan; scheme
perturb  Speak Example sentences
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concise summing up of main points
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disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
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braid, especially of hair; flat fold; doubling, as of cloth
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expedient;  artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
pitfall  Speak Example sentences
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act of having and controlling property; belongings
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hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard
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habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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the fine granular substance produced in flowers; fine bran or flour
plagiarism  Speak Example sentences
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convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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grow tiresome; have dulling, wearisome, or boring effect
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theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
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expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity
plait  Speak Example sentences
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speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
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braid, especially of hair; flat fold; doubling, as of cloth
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declare; announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive
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concise summing up of main points
plaudit  Speak Example sentences
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confront; set into opposition or rivalry
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pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
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grow tiresome; have dulling, wearisome, or boring effect
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enthusiastically worded approval; a round of applause
pliant  Speak Example sentences
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flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
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powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible
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confront; set into opposition or rivalry
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a substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
postulate  Speak Example sentences
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essential premise; the underlying assumption
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enthusiastically worded approval; a round of applause
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convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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superiority in numbers or amount
predispose  Speak Example sentences
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hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard
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give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance
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flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
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clever, witty remark often prompted by occasion