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abbreviate  Speak Example sentences
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responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
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moved by sexual love; loving
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make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
abstemious  Speak Example sentences
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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fasten; append; add on; secure to something
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having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
acidulous  Speak Example sentences
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burning; radiant; bright; keenly excited; resembling flame in brilliance or color
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slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
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blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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a physicist who studies astronomy
actuate  Speak Example sentences
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worsen; make worse or more troublesome
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sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
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having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
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put into motion or action; activate
addle  Speak Example sentences
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estimate  value; judge worth of something
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
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act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
alkali  Speak Example sentences
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ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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worsen; make worse or more troublesome
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soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
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experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent; feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish
aloof  Speak Example sentences
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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contrast; direct contrast; opposition
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comparable; similar or alike
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
amenable  Speak Example sentences
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responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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moved by sexual love; loving
anathema  Speak Example sentences
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consisting of, relating to, or being in the water
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
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act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
apotheosis  Speak Example sentences
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burning; radiant; bright; keenly excited; resembling flame in brilliance or color
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elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
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established procedure for solving problem