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ensure     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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look down on with disdain
blow hard and loudly
make sure or certain; insure; assure
diminish; undermine the foundations; dig
pretend; put on false appearance of; feign
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mystical     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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not accurately fitted; not level
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
without mercy or pity
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
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jerk     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
soften, make mellow
be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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inseparable     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
not capable of being separated
altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception
in a statistically significant way
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
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grate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to; consider; suppose
sniff or smell inquiringly
make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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sample     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a tiny piece of anything
subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
a glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten
small part of something intended as representative of the whole
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comforting     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
providing freedom from worry
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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basic     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
cold but not freezing
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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innate     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
possessed at birth; inborn
of precious stone of a rich green color; of a rich green color
of or related to or made of wool
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uppermost     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to electricity; electric
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
in or into the highest position; in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind; at or nearest to the top
mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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fiddle     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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change something dishonestly, especially to own advantage
make longer; draw out; lengthen
censure severely or angrily
draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
make sure or certain; insure; assure
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lever     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force
a person who owns something
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a very dark gray color
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withdrawal     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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secession; retreat or retirement
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
a loss of power, prosperity, or status
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
point in time, especially a critical point; joining point
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indefinitely     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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of more than one
having or using the power to produce speech or sound
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
endlessly; incessantly; for a long time, no end defined; forever
of primary import
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scattering     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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act of refusing to accept, use, or believe someone or something
fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton
dependence; certainty based on past experience
spreading widely or driving off
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
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heedless     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
having relatively great weight; heavy
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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tumultuous     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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demanding great effort or labor; difficult
very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
causing, or tending to cause ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
endlessly; incessantly; for a long time, no end defined; forever
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
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emerging     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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greatly desired
without mercy or pity
coming to maturity; coming into existence
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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township     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
an administrative division of a county
competition; the act of competing as for profit or a prize
soldier placed on guard; guard
a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
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greasy     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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burning; flaming
poor; indigent; being in need; impoverished
special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
offensive to the mind; unequivocally detestable
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