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natal  Speak Example sentences
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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of one's birth; accompanying or dating from one's birth; native
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technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction
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worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
nautical  Speak Example sentences
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designate; appoint
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
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most favorable or advantageous
negotiable  Speak Example sentences
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initiate; invent; bring into being; create
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capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or endorsement to another person
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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conformed to order; in order; regular; well-regulated
notwithstanding  Speak Example sentences
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relating to, or adjacent to the sea; relating to marine shipping or navigation
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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nevertheless; in spite of; despite anything to the contrary
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come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; catch up with; come upon from behind; capture; overcome
numerous  Speak Example sentences
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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decoration; something used to beautify
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many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
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tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
oblivious  Speak Example sentences
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act or process of producing; production; amount produced during a certain time
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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throw over; overturn; upset; turn upside down; cause to fall or to fail
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expel; eject from a position or place; force out
obsess  Speak Example sentences
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a source of materials to nourish the body
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preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
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throw over; overturn; upset; turn upside down; cause to fall or to fail
obtain  Speak Example sentences
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preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone
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an opening that permits escape or release; activity that releases creative energy or emotion
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open to view; not secret or hidden
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get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
opponent  Speak Example sentences
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severe trial; form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; difficult or painful experience
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path; circle; move in an orbit; encircle
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come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; catch up with; come upon from behind; capture; overcome
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contestant; someone who offers opposition ; adverse; hostile; opposing
optional  Speak Example sentences
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extremely disturbed from emotion
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enumerate; count; read according to the rules of numeration
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old; old-fashioned; antiquated; out of date
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not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic