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acute  Speak Example sentences
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having the attention diverted; suffering conflicting emotions; distraught
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
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quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
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state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person
agenda  Speak Example sentences
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something that confines or contracts; restraint; hindrance
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items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
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make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
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having a bad disposition; having eccentric ways; odd; full of bends and turns; crooked
anticipate  Speak Example sentences
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quantity of medicine given; sufficient quantity; portion
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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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have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
awe  Speak Example sentences
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mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
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whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
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faithfulness; ardent, often selfless affection and dedication
banner  Speak Example sentences
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having a bad disposition; having eccentric ways; odd; full of bends and turns; crooked
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flag; sign; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
bodyguard  Speak Example sentences
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guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard
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faithfulness; ardent, often selfless affection and dedication
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of the universe; vast
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vehement or urgent desire; longing for; consuming desire; yearning
cellar  Speak Example sentences
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guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard
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large room used mainly for dancing
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room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground
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vehement or urgent desire; longing for; consuming desire; yearning
cereal  Speak Example sentences
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grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as a food
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state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
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full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone
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make or pronounce holy; consecrate; make happy
chimera  Speak Example sentences
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act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
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room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having lion head, goat body, and dragon tail
coalition  Speak Example sentences
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partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
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place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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mend, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by the needle; sew together with yarn or thread