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appalling  Speak Example sentences
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avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
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badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve of military or police uniform to indicate rank
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large weapons, such as cannon and missile launchers operated by crews; army branch in use of large weapons
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causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
arena  Speak Example sentences
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a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood; compact group
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mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
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liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
attic  Speak Example sentences
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story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house
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malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is a felony
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keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
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arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
authorization  Speak Example sentences
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act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
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avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
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counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
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having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
barrier  Speak Example sentences
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obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit
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place of refuge or shelter; protection
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move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude
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quiet; still; tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved
booze  Speak Example sentences
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one who is devoted to a particular activity; murmuring or humming sound; lazy or shiftless person
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drink greedily or immoderately, especially alcoholic liquor
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a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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attractive or interesting; charming
budge  Speak Example sentences
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move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude
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fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
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keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
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vehement or urgent desire; longing for; consuming desire; yearning
chimera  Speak Example sentences
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monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having lion head, goat body, and dragon tail
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liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
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thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood; compact group
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of or relating to non-military life
chunk  Speak Example sentences
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a thick mass or piece, amount
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one who is devoted to a particular activity; murmuring or humming sound; lazy or shiftless person
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making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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famous; well-known; having illustrious past
civilian  Speak Example sentences
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making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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of or relating to non-military life
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attractive or interesting; charming
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move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude