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recourse  Speak Example sentences
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carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
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one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
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naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
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a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice
reimburse  Speak Example sentences
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speak or write evasively; pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course
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pay back for some expense incurred
remedial  Speak Example sentences
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relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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speak or write evasively; pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
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corrective; intended for remedy or for removal of evil; intended to improve skills
reprehensible  Speak Example sentences
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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
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deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
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express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
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a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice
reputable  Speak Example sentences
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unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
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having a good reputation; honorable
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make an energetic, usually hasty search
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diminish; undermine the foundations; dig
respiration  Speak Example sentences
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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
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breathing; the process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
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having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
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broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
rig  Speak Example sentences
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very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
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elastic; having the power of springing back or recover readily
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filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
rubble  Speak Example sentences
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express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
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breathing; the process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
sibling  Speak Example sentences
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brother or sister; member of a family born to the same parents
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list, especially of names
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breathing; the process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
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elastic; having the power of springing back or recover readily
sordid  Speak Example sentences
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defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
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state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
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filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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extremely poisonous or injurious snake; a person regarded as malicious