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jeer  Speak Example sentences
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official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
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gear; tackle; combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
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one's relatives; family; kinfolk
lament  Speak Example sentences
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tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
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unfortunate accident; bad luck
liaison  Speak Example sentences
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span of one thousand years; thousandth anniversary
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close relationship, connection, or link; secret love affair
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place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
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easily understood; clear; intelligible
lucid  Speak Example sentences
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easily understood; clear; intelligible
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place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
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handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
matrimony  Speak Example sentences
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dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; plan in the mind
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span of one thousand years; thousandth anniversary
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vessel belonging to a regular line of packets, as ship or plane
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union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock
melancholy  Speak Example sentences
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writer for newspapers and magazines
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
mercantile  Speak Example sentences
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trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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give false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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having many sides; many-sided
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
millennium  Speak Example sentences
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official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
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span of one thousand years; thousandth anniversary
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move from one country or region to another and settle there
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implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
misappropriate  Speak Example sentences
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trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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gear; tackle; combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
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appropriate wrongly; use for wrong purpose; embezzle
misguided  Speak Example sentences
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transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
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based or acting on error; misled; lacking proper guidance
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close relationship, connection, or link; secret love affair
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply