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shrink  Speak Example sentences
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almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
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money risked on gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something
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cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; form of humor by mocking with irony
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become smaller or draw together; compress
single  Speak Example sentences
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resembling or formed by the accumulation of sediment; form of rock made by the deposition and compression of small particles
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model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
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stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish or puddings
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one only; consisting of one alone; alone; having no companion
slight  Speak Example sentences
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subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
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almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
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distinctive odor that is pleasant; fragrance; perfume
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stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish or puddings
smash  Speak Example sentences
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ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
sparsely  Speak Example sentences
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lightweight cord; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; plant fiber
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bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger
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thinly; in a scattered or sparse manner; scantily; widely apart, as regards population
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stated explicitly or in detail; definite
spontaneous  Speak Example sentences
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utmost height; highest point of a mountain
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arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
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sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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become smaller or draw together; compress
steady  Speak Example sentences
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securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
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compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; salt of silica acid
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openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
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lightweight cord; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; plant fiber
stern  Speak Example sentences
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hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
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ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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utmost height; highest point of a mountain
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distinctive odor that is pleasant; fragrance; perfume
subsidiary  Speak Example sentences
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subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
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having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
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thinly; in a scattered or sparse manner; scantily; widely apart, as regards population
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compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; salt of silica acid
sufficient  Speak Example sentences
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point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
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easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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continue to live; endure or last
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adequate; enough; being as much as is needed