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clerical     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce
of or relating to clerks
having gaps or spaces
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
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overlook     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
provide a view of, especially from above
open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
have a disagreement over something
put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
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jerk     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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form into coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
prescribe; rule as a dictator
bring shame or dishonor upon
draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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confound     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
sail on the ocean, as for protection of commerce, search of an enemy, or for pleasure
make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
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enlarge     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
make noise by striking against something; dash noisily together; meet in opposition
make larger
comply with; follow; fit; meet
imitate; mimic, as an ape imitates human actions
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friction     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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competition; the act of competing as for profit or a prize
clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
in time past; long ago; in old time
short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft
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cleft     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
a chaplain in one of the military services
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interminable     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
lasting for a long time; enduring; permanent
coming to maturity; coming into existence
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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trustworthy     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
refined; made or rendered pure or more pure
impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
dependable and reliable; able to be trusted
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
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foresight     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
ability to foresee future happenings
the elementary stages of any subject
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
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brim     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
lowest or coarsest class of people; iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
brink; edge
skill in an occupation or trade
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assign     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
appoint; allot; make over; point out authoritatively or exactly
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derision     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
cheerful compliance
victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
the act of deriding or treating with contempt
compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation
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whimsical     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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involved in a kind of operation
in a statistically significant way
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
without care or thought for others
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hairy     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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in a dark glowering menacing manner
cold but not freezing
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair
wide open;
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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stanza     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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vessel for drawing up water from a well
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
chief excellence or great talent; outstanding work of art or craft
a complaint or a strong feeling caused by unfair treatment
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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cheque     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
acceptance without protest
written order directing a bank to pay money
patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
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fraction     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a copy made with carbon paper
a ceremonial or emblematic staff
a table showing months, weeks, and days
a numerical quantity that is not a whole numbers; a very small amount
being unwilling to obey
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vacancy     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
a table showing months, weeks, and days
death of all its remaining members
absence; emptiness
morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
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embark     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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measure the depth; come to understand
diminish; undermine the foundations; dig
make sense of a language
blow hard and loudly
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
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