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abbreviate  Speak Example sentences
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make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
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providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
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cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
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wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom
abnegation  Speak Example sentences
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increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
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wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom
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in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
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repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
abrasive  Speak Example sentences
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
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accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
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the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
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responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
abscond  Speak Example sentences
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compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something
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border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
acclivity  Speak Example sentences
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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upward slope, as of hill
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
acrid  Speak Example sentences
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compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
adage  Speak Example sentences
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assent; agree without protesting
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom
addle  Speak Example sentences
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make or become better; improve; grow better
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assent; agree without protesting
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
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accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
adventitious  Speak Example sentences
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accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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comparable; similar or alike
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assent; agree without protesting
adversary  Speak Example sentences
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append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
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book of literary selections by various authors
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
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opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition