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defendant  Speak Example sentences
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hand out; disseminate; allocate
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small toy with human figure, normally for little child
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one required to make answer in an action or suit
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
deferential  Speak Example sentences
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disagree with; refuse; declare untrue
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strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
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showing deference; respectful and considerate
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quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
degenerate  Speak Example sentences
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hand out; disseminate; allocate
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slender-bodied non-stinging insect
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
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become worse; decline; fall
deliberate  Speak Example sentences
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distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
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disagree with; refuse; declare untrue
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consider; think about carefully; weigh
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radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
deny  Speak Example sentences
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hand out; disseminate; allocate
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length of time something lasts
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reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
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disagree with; refuse; declare untrue
dependent  Speak Example sentences
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one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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length of time something lasts
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investigator; one, usually of police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
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relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
detective  Speak Example sentences
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one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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become worse; decline; fall
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act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
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investigator; one, usually of police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
dissertation  Speak Example sentences
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formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university
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thick; crowded closely together; compact
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striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
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tact; politics; negotiation between nations
dissipated  Speak Example sentences
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throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly
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very suddenly and noticeably
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slender-bodied non-stinging insect
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unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
distinguish  Speak Example sentences
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kill by submerging and suffocating in water; overwhelm in water; deaden one's awareness of
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characterize; differentiate; recognize
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length of time something lasts
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striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect