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meander  Speak Example sentences
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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
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follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
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not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
obstreperous  Speak Example sentences
2
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noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
orthodox  Speak Example sentences
3
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uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
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dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
ossify  Speak Example sentences
4
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lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action
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compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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open to view; not secret or hidden
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change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
ostentatious  Speak Example sentences
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
overwrought  Speak Example sentences
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uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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extremely disturbed from emotion
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fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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animal or plant living on another
panacea  Speak Example sentences
7
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not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
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hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
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intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
parochial  Speak Example sentences
8
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dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
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open to view; not secret or hidden
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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narrow in outlook; related to local church community
parsimony  Speak Example sentences
9
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intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
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remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
plummet  Speak Example sentences
10
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not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
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former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
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fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality