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circumscribe  Speak Example sentences
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view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
circumvent  Speak Example sentences
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cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
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surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place
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skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
covert  Speak Example sentences
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secretive, not openly shown
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a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
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make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud; forge
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explanation; interpretation, especially of biblical or religious text
depravity  Speak Example sentences
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
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extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
desist  Speak Example sentences
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express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
deteriorate  Speak Example sentences
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
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skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
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foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
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become worse; decline
dilemma  Speak Example sentences
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consisting of letters; written in form of or carried on by letters
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surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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external; not essential; extraneous
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predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
enhance  Speak Example sentences
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
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skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
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lack of consistency; difference
ensconce  Speak Example sentences
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express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place
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humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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cause; bring into existence; give rise to
epicure  Speak Example sentences
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capable of being accomplished or brought about
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a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
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make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud; forge
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lack of consistency; difference