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amends  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
breed; emerge from the egg
Exercise
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
Exercise
draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
Exercise
compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation
assault  Speak Example sentences
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make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
Exercise
attack; onslaught
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arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
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in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
avail  Speak Example sentences
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a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
Exercise
increasing by successive addition
Exercise
become worse; decline
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turn to advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote
blunt  Speak Example sentences
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getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
Exercise
become worse; decline
Exercise
breed; emerge from the egg
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having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
cumulative  Speak Example sentences
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
Exercise
getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
Exercise
throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
Exercise
increasing by successive addition
denounce  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
Exercise
compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation
Exercise
form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design
Exercise
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
disperse  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat; slap
Exercise
move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
Exercise
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
Exercise
throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
dissipate  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
Exercise
no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
Exercise
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
Exercise
getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
dubious  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
detect; perceive
Exercise
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
Exercise
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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questionable; filled with doubt
edible  Speak Example sentences
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become worse; decline
Exercise
move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
Exercise
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
Exercise
eatable; substance that can be used as food