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propensity  Speak Example sentences
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go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
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natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
quiver  Speak Example sentences
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usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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supporting bar or rod; proud step or walk, with the head erect; stubbornness
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marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
reactionary  Speak Example sentences
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a vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
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stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
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supporting bar or rod; proud step or walk, with the head erect; stubbornness
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opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
rejuvenate  Speak Example sentences
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moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
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make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
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fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
respite  Speak Example sentences
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usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
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seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
retrograde  Speak Example sentences
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condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from a static balance
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full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
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playful; relating to or interested in sports
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go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate
sagacious  Speak Example sentences
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remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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perceptive; shrewd; having insight
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cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
shear  Speak Example sentences
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introduction, usually to a poem or play
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large in volume or bulk;  large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
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cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
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decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
sportive  Speak Example sentences
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fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
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supporting bar or rod; proud step or walk, with the head erect; stubbornness
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playful; relating to or interested in sports
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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
stasis  Speak Example sentences
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forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
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condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from a static balance
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dark; dusky; naturally having the skin of a dark color