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rue  Speak Example sentences
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
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sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy; capricious notion
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acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
simper  Speak Example sentences
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equivalent in effect or value
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smirk; smile in artificial way to make an impression
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act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision
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related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
sinister  Speak Example sentences
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practical and functional, not just for show
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suggesting or threatening evil
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being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
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well-paid position with little responsibility
spurn  Speak Example sentences
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
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change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation
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equivalent in effect or value
stringent  Speak Example sentences
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sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal
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demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
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full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
taunt  Speak Example sentences
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of , often in an aggressive manner
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being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
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opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
tranquil  Speak Example sentences
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disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of material world; worldly
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free from disturbance; pacific
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indefensible; not able to be maintained
tremulous  Speak Example sentences
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
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pass over or beyond; surpass
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equivalent in effect or value
trivial  Speak Example sentences
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acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
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able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
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practical and functional, not just for show
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
truculence  Speak Example sentences
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boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
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determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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regarded as sacred and inviolable
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aggressiveness; ferocity; ferociously cruel actions or behavior