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scourge  Speak Example sentences
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally
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requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
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whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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stocky; short and thick; low and broad
scrap  Speak Example sentences
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untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly
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one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
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small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
seine  Speak Example sentences
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large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top
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put an abrupt end to; block to prevent rolling or slipping
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gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
seminary  Speak Example sentences
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sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
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school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls
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cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
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small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
sentinel  Speak Example sentences
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stocky; short and thick; low and broad
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shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
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one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
sheer  Speak Example sentences
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very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally
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make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
shimmer  Speak Example sentences
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very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
shove  Speak Example sentences
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give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow
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school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls
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drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
shyster  Speak Example sentences
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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lawyer using questionable methods; unethical lawyer or politician
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argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
skim  Speak Example sentences
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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
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lawyer using questionable methods; unethical lawyer or politician
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pass near surface of; brush surface of; glide swiftly along surface of; read or examine rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts
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separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs