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abstain  Speak Example sentences
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
acrophobia  Speak Example sentences
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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
adamant  Speak Example sentences
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
advocate  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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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
aesthetic  Speak Example sentences
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relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
alleviate  Speak Example sentences
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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comparable; similar or alike
amiable  Speak Example sentences
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
amorphous  Speak Example sentences
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
apocryphal  Speak Example sentences
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randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
archaic  Speak Example sentences
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boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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no longer current or applicable; antiquated