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mechanical or electrical devices collectively | |
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roused to anger | |
| madam | a woman of refinement | ||
| madman | an insane person | ||
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a periodic publication containing articles and pictures | |
| magic | any art that invokes supernatural powers | ||
| magical | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | ||
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a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law | |
| magnetic |
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of or relating to or caused by attraction for iron | |
| magnificent |
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characterized by grandeur | |
| magnitude |
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the property of relative size or extent | |
| the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service | |||
| mailman | a man who delivers the mail | ||
| main | most important element | ||
| mainly | for the most part | ||
| mainstream |
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the prevailing current of thought | |
| maintain |
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keep in a certain state, position, or activity | |
| maintenance |
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activity involved in keeping something in good working order | |
| majesty |
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impressiveness in scale or proportion | |
| major |
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greater in scope or effect | |
| majority |
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the main part | |
| make | perform or carry out | ||
| make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed | ||
| maker | a person who makes things | ||
| makeup | the way in which someone or something is composed | ||
| making | the act that results in something coming to be | ||
| male | being the sex that performs the fertilizing function | ||
| mall | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | ||
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a warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin covered with hair | |
| man | an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) | ||
| manage |
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be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | |
| manageable |
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capable of being controlled | |
| management |
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the act of controlling something | |
| manager |
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someone who controls resources and expenditures | |
| managerial | of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management | ||
| managing director | someone who controls resources and expenditures | ||
| mandate |
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a document giving an official instruction or command | |
| mandatory |
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required by rule | |
| maneuver |
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a military training exercise | |
| manifest |
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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | |
| manifestation |
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a clear appearance | |
| manipulate |
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influence or control shrewdly or deviously | |
| manipulation |
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exerting shrewd or devious influence for one's own advantage | |
| mankind | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | ||
| manner | how something is done or how it happens | ||
| manoeuvre | a military training exercise | ||
| manor |
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the landed estate of a lord, including the house on it | |
| mansion |
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a large and imposing house | |
| manual |
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of or relating to the hands | |
| manufacture |
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put together out of artificial or natural components | |
| manufacturer |
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someone who constructs or produces something | |
| manuscript |
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the form of a literary work submitted for publication | |
| many | amounting to a large but indefinite number | ||
| map | a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface | ||
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a foot race of 26 miles and 385 yards | |
| marble | a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish | ||
| margin |
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the boundary line or area immediately inside the boundary | |
| marginal |
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at or constituting a border or edge | |
| marine |
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of or relating to the sea | |
| mark | a distinguishing symbol | ||
| marked |
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easily noticeable | |
| marker | a writing implement for making a mark | ||
| market | a marketplace where groceries are sold | ||
| marketing |
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the commercial processes in promoting and selling something | |
| marketplace | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | ||
| marking | a distinguishing symbol | ||
| marriage |
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the state of being a couple voluntarily joined for life | |
| married | joined in matrimony | ||
| marry | become someone's spouse | ||
| marsh |
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low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation | |
| martial art | any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense | ||
| marvellous | extraordinarily good or great | ||
| marvelous |
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extraordinarily good or great | |
| masculine |
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associated with men and not with women | |
| mask | a covering to disguise or conceal the face | ||
| mass |
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the property of a body that causes it to have weight | |
| massacre |
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the savage and excessive killing of many people | |
| massage |
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kneading and rubbing parts of the body | |
| massive |
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containing a great quantity of matter | |
| master |
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a person who has authority over others | |
| masterpiece |
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the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman | |
| match |
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a formal contest in which people or teams compete | |
| mate | a person's partner in marriage | ||
| material |
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the substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | |
| maternal |
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characteristic of a mother | |
| maternity |
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the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | |
| math | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| mathematical | of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics | ||
| mathematics | a science dealing with the logic of quantity and arrangement | ||
| maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| matrix |
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an enclosure within which something originates or develops | |
| matter |
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that which has mass and occupies space | |
| mature |
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having reached full natural growth or development | |
| maturity |
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the period of time in life after physical growth has stopped | |
| maximum |
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the greatest or most complete or best possible | |
| may | thorny shrub of a small tree having white to scarlet flowers | ||
| maybe | by chance | ||
| mayor | the head of a city government | ||
| meal | any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times | ||
| mean |
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denote or connote | |
| meaning |
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the message that is intended or expressed or signified | |
| meaningful |
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having a purpose | |
| meantime | the time between one event, process, or period and another | ||
| meanwhile | at the same time but in another place | ||
| measure |
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determine the dimensions of something or somebody | |
| measurement |
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assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | |
| meat | the flesh of animals used as food | ||
| mechanic | a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | ||
| mechanical |
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using tools or devices | |
| mechanism |
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device consisting of a piece of machinery | |
| medal |
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an award for winning a championship | |
| medical |
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relating to the study or practice of medicine | |
| medicine |
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the profession devoted to alleviating diseases and injuries | |
| medieval |
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relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | |
| medium |
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the surrounding environment | |
| meet | come together | ||
| meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose | ||
| melt |
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reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state | |
| member | anything that belongs to a set or class | ||
| membership |
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the state of being one of the persons in a social group | |
| membrane |
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a sheet of tissue that lines or connects organs or cells | |
| memo | a written proposal or reminder | ||
| memorial |
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a recognition of meritorious service | |
| memorize |
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learn by heart | |
| memory |
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the cognitive process whereby past experience is remembered | |
| mend |
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restore by putting together what is torn or broken | |
| mental |
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involving the mind or an intellectual process | |
| mention |
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make reference to | |
| menu |
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a list of dishes available at a restaurant | |
| merchant |
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a businessperson engaged in retail trade | |
| merchant bank | a credit card processing bank | ||
| mercy |
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a disposition to be kind and forgiving | |
| mere |
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being nothing more than specified | |
| merely |
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and nothing more | |
| merge |
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mix together different elements | |
| merger |
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an occurrence that involves the production of a union | |
| merit |
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the quality of being deserving | |
| mess | a state of confusion and disorderliness | ||
| message |
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a communication that is written or spoken or signaled | |
| messenger |
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a person who carries a communication to a recipient | |
| messy | dirty and disorderly | ||
| metal |
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a chemical element or alloy that is usually a shiny solid | |
| metaphor |
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a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity | |
| meter |
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a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards) | |
| method |
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a way of doing something, especially a systematic way | |
| metre | the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | ||
| metric |
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based on a decimal unit of measurement | |
| metropolitan |
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relating to or characteristic of a large urban area | |
| microphone | device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | ||
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magnifier of the image of small objects | |
| microwave | kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food | ||
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when the morning ends and the afternoon begins | |
| middle | an area that is approximately central within some larger region | ||
| middle-aged | being roughly between 45 and 65 years old | ||
| middle-class | occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy | ||
| midnight | 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night | ||
| midst | the location of something surrounded by other things | ||
| might |
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physical strength | |
| migrate |
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move from one country or region to another and settle there | |
| migration |
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the movement of persons from one locality to another | |
| mild | humble in spirit or manner | ||
| mildly | to a moderate degree | ||
| mile | a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet | ||
| militant |
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engaged in war | |
| military |
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the armed forces of a nation | |
| milk | a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings | ||
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a facility for manufacturing | |
| millimeter | a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | ||
| millimetre | a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | ||
| million | the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros | ||
| millionaire | a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars | ||
| mind |
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that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings | |
| mine |
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excavation from which ores and minerals are extracted | |
| miner |
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laborer who extracts ores and minerals | |
| mineral |
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a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature | |
| miniature |
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being on a very small scale | |
| minimal |
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the least possible | |
| minimize |
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make small or insignificant | |
| minimum |
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the smallest possible quantity | |
| minister |
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a person authorized to conduct religious worship | |
| ministerial |
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of or relating to a government department | |
| ministry |
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the work of a person authorized to conduct religious worship | |
| minor |
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inferior in number or size or amount | |
| minority |
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being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts | |
| minus | on the negative side or lower end of a scale | ||
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a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | |
| miracle |
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a marvelous event brought about by a divine being | |
| mirror | polished surface that forms images by reflecting light | ||
| miserable |
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very unhappy | |
| misery |
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a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | |
| misfortune |
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a state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | |
| mislead |
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take someone in the wrong direction or give wrong directions | |
| miss | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | ||
| missing | not able to be found | ||
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an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters | |
| mist | a thin fog with condensation near the ground | ||
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a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or inattention | |
| mistress | an adulterous woman | ||
| misunderstanding | an understanding of something that is not correct | ||
| mix | mix together different elements | ||
| mixed | consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | ||
| mixture |
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a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | |
| moan | an utterance expressing pain or disapproval | ||
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a disorderly crowd of people | |
| mobile |
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moving or capable of moving readily | |
| mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | ||
| mobility |
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the quality of moving freely | |
| mock |
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treat with contempt | |
| mode |
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how something is done or how it happens | |
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a representation of something, often on a smaller scale | |
| moderate |
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marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes | |
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ahead of the times | |
| modest |
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marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself | |
| modification |
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the act of making something different | |
| modify |
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cause to change; make different | |
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an inherent cognitive or perceptual power of the mind | |
| mold |
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the distinctive form in which a thing is made | |
| mole |
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a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin | |
| molecular |
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relating to the simplest units of an element or compound | |
| molecule |
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the simplest structural unit of an element or compound | |
| mom | informal terms for a mother | ||
| moment |
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an indefinitely short time | |
| momentarily |
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for an instant | |
| momentum |
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the product of a body's mass and its velocity | |
| monarch |
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a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right | |
| monarchy |
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autocracy governed by a ruler who usually inherits authority | |
| monetary |
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relating to or involving money | |
| money | the most common medium of exchange | ||
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someone who observes to ensure fairness or prevent mistakes | |
| monk | a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | ||
| monkey | any of various long-tailed primates | ||
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a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | |
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an imaginary creature usually having human and animal parts | |
| month | one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year | ||
| monthly | of or occurring or payable every month | ||
| monument |
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a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | |
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a characteristic state of feeling | |
| moon | the natural satellite of the Earth | ||
| moonlight | the light of the Moon | ||
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come into or dock at a wharf | |
| moral |
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concerned with principles of right and wrong | |
| morale |
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a state of individual psychological well-being | |
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the quality of being in accord with right or good conduct | |
| more | greater in size or amount or extent or degree | ||
| moreover | in addition | ||
| morning | the time period between dawn and noon | ||
| mortal |
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subject to death | |
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the quality or state of being subject to death | |
| mortgage |
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a conveyance of property as security for repaying a loan | |
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a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret | |
| mosquito | two-winged insect that sucks the blood of humans and animals | ||
| most | quantifier meaning the greatest in number | ||
| mostly | in large part; mainly or chiefly | ||
| motel | a motor hotel | ||
| mother | a woman who has given birth to a child | ||
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a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work | |
| motion |
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the act of changing location from one place to another | |
| motivate |
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give an incentive for action | |
| motivation |
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psychological feature arousing action toward a desired goal | |
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the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal | |
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machine that creates mechanical energy and imparts movement | |
| motorbike | small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars | ||
| motorcycle | a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame | ||
| motorist | someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | ||
| motorway | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | ||
| mould | the distinctive form in which a thing is made | ||
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go up, advance, or increase | |
| mountain | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings | ||
| mouse | small rodent having a pointed snout and small ears | ||
| moustache | an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | ||
| mouth | the opening through which food is taken in | ||
| mouthful | the quantity that can be held in the mouth | ||
| move | change location | ||
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change of position that does not entail a change of location | |
| movie | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | ||
| moving | in motion | ||
| much | great in quantity or degree or extent | ||
| mud | water soaked soil; soft wet earth | ||
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soft and watery, of soil | |
| mug | with handle and usually cylindrical | ||
| multimedia | transmission that combine media of communication | ||
| multinational | involving or operating in several nations or nationalities | ||
| multiple |
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having or involving more than one part or entity | |
| multiply |
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combine by adding the same number repeatedly | |
| mum | failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to | ||
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talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice | |
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relating to a self-governing district | |
| murder |
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unlawful premeditated killing of a human being | |
| murmur |
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a low continuous indistinct sound | |
| muscle |
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animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells | |
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a building for collecting and displaying valuable objects | |
| mushroom | mushrooms and related fleshy fungi | ||
| music | an artistic form of auditory communication | ||
| musical | characterized by or capable of producing music | ||
| musician | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) | ||
| must | a necessary or essential thing | ||
| mustache | an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | ||
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talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice | |
| mutual |
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common to or shared by two or more parties | |
| mysterious |
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beyond ordinary understanding | |
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something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | |
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a traditional story serving to explain a world view | |
| nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | ||
| naked | completely unclothed | ||
| name | a language unit by which a person or thing is known | ||
| namely | as follows | ||
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an account that tells the particulars of an act or event | |
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not wide | |
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a politically organized body of people under a government | |
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of or relating to or belonging to a country | |
| national debt | the debt of the national government | ||
| national park | a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property | ||
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the doctrine that your country's interests are superior | |
| nationalist | one who loves and defends his or her country | ||
| nationality |
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the status of belonging to a particular country | |
| nationwide | occurring or extending throughout a country or nation | ||
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belonging to one by birth | |
| native speaker | a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood | ||
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relating to or concerning the physical world | |
| natural gas | a fossil fuel in the gaseous state | ||
| nature |
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the physical world including plants and animals | |
| naughty |
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badly behaved | |
| naval | connected with an organization of military vessels | ||
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the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | |
| navy | an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare | ||
| near | near in time or place or relationship | ||
| nearby | not far away in relative terms | ||
| nearly | slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | ||
| neat | clean or organized | ||
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in such a manner as could not be otherwise | |
| necessary |
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absolutely essential | |
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the condition of being essential or indispensable | |
| neck | the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | ||
| necklace | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) | ||
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a sharp pointed implement | |
| negative |
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characterized by denial or opposition or resistance | |
| neglect |
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leave undone or leave out | |
| negotiate |
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discuss the terms of an arrangement | |
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a discussion intended to produce an agreement | |
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a person who lives near another | |
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an area within a city or town that has distinctive features | |
| neighbour | a person who lives (or is located) near another | ||
| neighbourhood | a surrounding or nearby region | ||
| neither | not either; not one or the other | ||
| nephew | a son of your brother or sister | ||
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a bundle of fibers running to organs and tissues of the body | |
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of or relating to a system of sensory apparatus | |
| nest | a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young | ||
| net | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together | ||
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an open fabric woven together at regular intervals | |
| neutral |
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having no personal preference | |
| never | not ever; at no time in the past or future | ||
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despite anything to the contrary | |
| new | not of long duration | ||
| newly | very recently | ||
| news | information about recent and important events | ||
| newspaper | a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets | ||
| next | immediately following in time or order | ||
| next door | at or in or to the adjacent residence | ||
| nice | pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance | ||
| nicely | in a nice way | ||
| nickel | a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite | ||
| nickname | a familiar name for a person | ||
| niece | a daughter of your brother or sister | ||
| night | the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | ||
| nightmare | a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream | ||
| nipple | the small projection of a mammary gland | ||
| nitrogen | a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues | ||
| no | quantifier | ||
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| nobody | a person of no influence | ||
| nod | lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation | ||
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any thickened enlargement | |
| noise | sound of any kind | ||
| noisy | full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds | ||
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relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name | |
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propose as a candidate for some honor | |
| nomination |
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the act of officially naming a candidate | |
| none | not at all or in no way | ||
| nonexistent |
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not having being or actuality | |
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not commercially or financially motivated | |
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a message that seems to convey no meaning | |
| noon | the middle of the day | ||
| norm |
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a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical | |
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being approximately average or within certain limits | |
| north | the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point | ||
| north-east | to, toward, or in the northeast | ||
| north-west | to, toward, or in the northwest | ||
| northeast | the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point | ||
| northern | situated in or oriented toward the north | ||
| northwest | the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point | ||
| nose | the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract | ||
| not | negation of a word or group of words | ||
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| note | a brief written record | ||
| notebook | a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda | ||
| notepaper | writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters | ||
| nothing | in no respect; to no degree | ||
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the act of paying attention | |
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capable of being detected | |
| notify |
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inform somebody of something | |
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a general inclusive concept | |
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known widely and usually unfavorably | |
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an extended fictional work in prose | |
| novelist | one who writes novels | ||
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originality by virtue of being refreshingly new | |
| now | at the present moment | ||
| nowadays | in these times | ||
| nowhere | not anywhere; in or at or to no place | ||
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| nun | a woman religious | ||
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| nursing | the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm | ||
| nursing home | an institution where people are cared for | ||
| nut | usually large hard-shelled seed | ||
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| nylon | a synthetic fabric | ||
| o'clock | according to the clock | ||
| oak | a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus | ||
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| ocean | a large body of water that is part of the hydrosphere | ||
| odd | not divisible by two | ||
| oddly | in a strange manner | ||
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| of course | as might be expected | ||
| off | from a particular thing or place or position | ||
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| offer | present for acceptance or rejection | ||
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| offshore | (of winds) coming from the land | ||
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| often | many times at short intervals | ||
| oftentimes | many times at short intervals | ||
| oil | a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water | ||
| old | having lived for a long time or attained a specific age | ||
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| olive | small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree | ||
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| on | in a state required for something to function or be effective | ||
| once | on one occasion | ||
| one | smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | ||
| onion | bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb | ||
| online | connected to a computer network or accessible by computer | ||
| only | without any others being included or involved | ||
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| onwards | in a forward direction | ||
| open | affording free passage or access | ||
| opener | a hand tool used for opening sealed containers | ||
| opening | an open or empty space in or between things | ||
| openly | in an open way | ||
| openness | without obstructions to passage or view | ||
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| orange | any citrus tree bearing oranges | ||
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| order | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | ||
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a methodical and orderly manner or approach | |
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come into existence; take on form or shape | |
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| other | not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied | ||
| otherwise | in another and different manner | ||
| ounce | a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams | ||
| out | moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden | ||
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| outdoor | pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities | ||
| outer | located outside | ||
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| outset | the time at which something is supposed to begin | ||
| outside | the region that is outside of something | ||
| outsider | someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | ||
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| oven | kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting | ||
| over | beyond the top or upper surface or edge | ||
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| overhead | located or originating from above | ||
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| overnight | during or for the length of one night | ||
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| overtake | catch up with and possibly overtake | ||
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| overtime | work done in addition to regular working hours | ||
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| owe | be obliged to pay or repay | ||
| owl | nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes | ||
| own | belonging to or on behalf of a specified person | ||
| owner | a person who owns something | ||
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| pack | a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) | ||
| package | a wrapped container | ||
| packaging | material used to make packages | ||
| packed | filled to capacity | ||
| packet | a small package or bundle | ||
| packing | the enclosure of something in a package or box | ||
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| pad | a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort | ||
| page | one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains | ||
| paid | marked by the reception of pay | ||
| pain | a somatic sensation of acute discomfort | ||
| painful | causing physical or psychological pain | ||
| painfully | unpleasantly | ||
| paint | a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating | ||
| painter | an artist who paints | ||
| painting | creating a picture with paints | ||
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| pajama | loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging | ||
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sheet that forms a distinct section of something | |
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| paper | a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses | ||
| paperback | (of books) having a flexible binding | ||
| paperwork | work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | ||
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any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | |
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| parent | a father or mother | ||
| parental | relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | ||
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| park | a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | ||
| parking | the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily | ||
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| part-time | involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity | ||
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| partly | in part; in some degree; not wholly | ||
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| party | occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction | ||
| pass | go across or through | ||
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| passing | lasting a very short time | ||
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| password | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | ||
| past | earlier than the present time; no longer current | ||
| pasta | shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg | ||
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| pat | hit lightly | ||
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a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention | |
| path | an established line of travel or access | ||
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| patrol | the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes | ||
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| pavement | the paved surface of a thoroughfare | ||
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| pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services | ||
| payable | subject to or requiring payment especially as specified | ||
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| pea | a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds | ||
| peace | the state prevailing during the absence of war | ||
| peace process | any social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilities | ||
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| peach | downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh | ||
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| peanut | widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground | ||
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| peel | the rind of a fruit or vegetable | ||
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| peg | a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface | ||
| pen | a writing implement with a point from which ink flows | ||
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the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action | |
| pencil | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement | ||
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| penny | a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit | ||
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| pension fund | a fund reserved to pay workers' pensions when they retire from service | ||
| people | any group of human beings collectively | ||
| pepper | climber having dark red berries when fully ripe | ||
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| perhaps | by chance | ||
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| pest | a persistently annoying person | ||
| pet | a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement | ||
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| phone | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | ||
| phone book | a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers | ||
| phone call | a telephone connection | ||
| phone number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone | ||
| photo | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material | ||
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| photographer | someone who takes photographs professionally | ||
| photographic | relating to photography or obtained by using photography | ||
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the science of matter and energy and their interactions | |
| pianist | a person who plays the piano | ||
| piano | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | ||
| pick | look for and gather | ||
| pickup | the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places | ||
| picnic | any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion | ||
| picture | a visual representation produced on a surface | ||
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| pie | dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top | ||
| piece | a separate part of a whole | ||
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| pig | domestic swine | ||
| pigeon | wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs | ||
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| pill | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet | ||
| pillow | a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person | ||
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| pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things | ||
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| pink | of a light shade of red | ||
| pint | a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces | ||
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| pipe | a hollow cylindrical shape | ||
| pipeline | a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | ||
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| pizza | Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese | ||
| place | a point located with respect to surface features of a region | ||
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| plant | a living organism without the power to move | ||
| plaster | a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water | ||
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| play | engage in recreational activities rather than work | ||
| player | a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | ||
| playground | an area where many people go for recreation | ||
| playoff | any final competition to determine a championship | ||
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| please | give enjoyment to | ||
| pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure | ||
| pleasure | something or someone that provides a source of happiness | ||
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| plough | a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing | ||
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| plug | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | ||
| plum | any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone | ||
| plumber | a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances | ||
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| a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles | |||
| pocket money | cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses | ||
| poem | a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines | ||
| poet | a writer of verse | ||
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| point | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic | ||
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| pointed | having a point | ||
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| police | the force of policemen and officers | ||
| police officer | a member of a police force | ||
| police station | a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought | ||
| policeman | a member of a police force | ||
| policewoman | a woman policeman | ||
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| polish | make (a surface) shine | ||
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| poll | the counting of votes (as in an election) | ||
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| pond | a small lake | ||
| pool | a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid | ||
| poor | having little money or few possessions | ||
| poorly | in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well | ||
| pop | make a sharp explosive noise | ||
| pop music | music of general appeal to teenagers | ||
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the people who inhabit a territory or state | |
| porch | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance | ||
| pork | meat from a domestic hog or pig | ||
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something determined in relation to a thing that includes it | |
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any likeness of a person, in any medium | |
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represent abstractly, for example in a painting | |
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assume a bearing as for artistic purposes | |
| position | the particular part of space occupied by something | ||
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characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance | |
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anything owned | |
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capability of existing or happening or being true | |
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| post | piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position | ||
| post office | a local branch where postal services are available" | ||
| postal | of or relating to the system for delivering mail | ||
| postcard | a card for sending messages by post without an envelope | ||
| poster | a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | ||
| postman | a man who delivers the mail | ||
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| pot | metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid | ||
| potato | an edible tuber native to South America | ||
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objects made from clay and baked in a kiln | |
| pound | 16 ounces avoirdupois | ||
| pour | cause to run | ||
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| powder | a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles | ||
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guided by experience and observation rather than theory | |
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in a manner concerned with actual use | |
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a customary way of operation or behavior | |
| practise | engage in a rehearsal (of) | ||
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concerned with practical matters | |
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an expression of approval and commendation | |
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address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship | |
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an example that is used to justify similar occurrences | |
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of high worth or cost | |
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sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
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the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | |
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a statement made about the future | |
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much greater in number or influence | |
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like better; value more highly | |
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more desirable than another | |
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| pregnancy | the state of being pregnant | ||
| pregnant | carrying developing offspring within the body | ||
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preceding or in preparation for something more important | |
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too soon or too hasty | |
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the first public performance of a play or movie | |
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land and the buildings on it | |
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having or reflecting superior quality or value | |
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the mental state of being obsessed by something | |
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setting in order in advance some act or purpose | |
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make ready or suitable or equip in advance | |
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issue commands or orders for | |
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the action of issuing authoritative rules or directions | |
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| present | temporal sense | ||
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the activity of formally giving something, as a prize | |
| presenter | someone who presents a message of some sort | ||
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the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | |
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| presidency | the office and function of president | ||
| president | the chief executive of a republic | ||
| presidential | relating to a president or presidency | ||
| press | exert pressure or force to or upon | ||
| press conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity | ||
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| pressure group | a group of people who try actively to influence legislation | ||
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take to be the case or to be true | |
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| pretty | pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing | ||
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most frequent or common | |
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keep from happening or arising; make impossible | |
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just preceding something else in time or order | |
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animal hunted or caught for food | |
| price | the amount of money needed to purchase something | ||
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| primary school | a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades | ||
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| prime time | the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available | ||
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| prince | a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign | ||
| princess | a female member of a royal family other than the queen | ||
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| the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication | |||
| printer | someone whose occupation is printing | ||
| printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution | ||
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| prison | a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment | ||
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the condition of being concealed or hidden | |
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| private detective | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information | ||
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changing something from state to individual ownership | |
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a special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all | |
| prize | something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery | ||
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likely but not certain to be or become true or real | |
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a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | |
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move ahead; travel onward in time or space | |
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the income or profit arising from a transaction | |
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a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | |
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the act of moving forward, as toward a goal | |
| processor | someone who processes things | ||
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bring forth or yield | |
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someone who manufactures something | |
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an artifact that has been created by someone or some process | |
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the act or process of making something | |
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capable of bringing forth, especially abundantly | |
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the quality of yielding positive results | |
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an occupation requiring special education | |
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of or relating to or suitable as an occupation | |
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a member of the faculty at a college or university | |
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an outline of something, especially a face from the side | |
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the advantageous quality of being beneficial | |
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yielding material gain | |
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situated at or extending to great depth | |
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a series of steps to be carried out | |
| programme | a series of goals to be accomplished | ||
| programming | setting an order and time for planned events | ||
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the act of moving forward, as toward a goal | |
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favoring or promoting modern or innovative ideas | |
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the action of forbidding | |
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a planned undertaking | |
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the act of expelling or ejecting | |
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conspicuous in position or importance | |
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someone who is an active supporter and advocate | |
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the act of raising in rank or position | |
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according to schedule or without delay | |
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with little or no delay | |
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speak or utter in a certain way | |
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the manner in which someone utters a word | |
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any evidence that helps to establish the truth of something | |
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information that is spread to promote some cause | |
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marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness | |
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something owned | |
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relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude | |
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having a constant ratio | |
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the act of making a suggestion | |
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present for consideration, examination, or criticism | |
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ordinary writing as distinguished from verse | |
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conduct legal proceedings against a defendant | |
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legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior | |
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an official conducting criminal cases on behalf of the state | |
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the possibility of future success | |
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of or concerned with or related to the future | |
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the condition of having good fortune | |
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shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage | |
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the activity of shielding someone or something | |
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intended or adapted to provide safety of some kind | |
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an organic compound essential to living cells | |
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a formal and solemn declaration of objection | |
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forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials | |
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a standard or typical example | |
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feeling self-respect, self-esteem, or self-importance | |
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give something useful or necessary to | |
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someone who supplies the means for subsistence | |
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the territory in an administrative district of a nation | |
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the activity of supplying something | |
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under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon | |
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provide the needed stimulus for | |
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relating to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | |
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a specialist in the treatment of mental disorders | |
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mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature | |
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a specialist in the science of mental life | |
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the science of mental life | |
| pub | tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms | ||
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| public holiday | authorized by law and limiting work or official business | ||
| public opinion | a belief or sentiment shared by most people | ||
| public relations | a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution | ||
| public school | a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board | ||
| public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail or freight | ||
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a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea | |
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prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | |
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a person engaged in issuing periodicals or books or music | |
| pudding | any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed | ||
| pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion | ||
| pullover | a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | ||
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| punch | deliver a quick blow to | ||
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the act of imposing a penalty | |
| punk | a performer or enthusiast of an alienated rock subculture | ||
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| puppy | a young dog | ||
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a person who buys | |
| pure | free of extraneous elements of any kind | ||
| purely | restricted to something | ||
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| purple | of a color intermediate between red and blue | ||
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follow in an effort to capture | |
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the act of following in an effort to overtake or capture | |
| push | move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" | ||
| put | cause to be in a certain state | ||
| puzzle | be uncertain about | ||
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| pyjama | loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging | ||
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the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea | |
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meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task | |
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prove capable or fit; meet requirements | |
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an essential and distinguishing attribute of something | |
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how much there is or how many there are of something | |
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the football player who directs the team's offensive play | |
| queen | a female sovereign ruler | ||
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| question | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | ||
| question mark | a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question | ||
| questionable | subject to doubtful speculation | ||
| questioning | a request for information | ||
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| quick | moving rapidly and lightly | ||
| quickly | with little or no delay | ||
| quid | a wad of something chewable as tobacco | ||
| quiet | characterized by an absence of agitation or activity | ||
| quietly | with low volume | ||
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| quite | to the greatest extent; completely | ||
| quiz | an examination consisting of a few short questions | ||
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| rabbit | any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food | ||
| race | a contest of speed | ||
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| rack | a framework for holding objects | ||
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the act of spreading outward from a central source | |
| radiator | heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam | ||
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| radio | medium for communication | ||
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| rag | a small piece of cloth or paper | ||
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| raid | a sudden short attack | ||
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| railroad | a line of track providing a runway for wheels | ||
| railway | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | ||
| railway line | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | ||
| rain | water falling in drops from vapor in the atmosphere | ||
| rainbow | an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain | ||
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gather or bring together | |
| ranch | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | ||
| rancher | a person who owns or operates a ranch | ||
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| rape | the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse | ||
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| rat | any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse | ||
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| rather | more readily or willingly | ||
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consistent with or based on or using reason | |
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| raw material | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing | ||
| ray | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | ||
| razor | edge tool used in shaving | ||
| reach | move forward or upward in order to touch | ||
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| read | look at and say out loud something written or printed | ||
| reader | a person who can read; a literate person | ||
| readily | without much difficulty | ||
| reading | written material intended to be read | ||
| ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress | ||
| real | being or occurring in fact or actuality | ||
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the state of being actual | |
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be fully aware or cognizant of | |
| really | in actual fact | ||
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| rear | the side of an object that is opposite its front | ||
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showing sound judgment | |
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someone who exhibits independence in thought and action | |
| rebuild | build again | ||
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pull back or move away or backward | |
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directions for making something | |
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praise of a person or thing as worthy or desirable | |
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narrate or give a detailed account of | |
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| rectangular | having four right angles | ||
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| recycling | the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products | ||
| red | the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood | ||
| red light | the signal to stop | ||
| red-hot | glowing red with heat | ||
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the act of consulting | |
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| regard | the condition of being honored | ||
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| regular | conforming to a standard or pattern | ||
| regularly | in a regular manner | ||
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| rehearse | engage in a rehearsal (of) | ||
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| remote control | a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance | ||
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| renewal | the act of renewing | ||
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| rental | the act of paying for the use of something | ||
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| repay | pay back | ||
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the act of doing or performing again | |
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the act of substituting one person or thing for another | |
| reply | react verbally | ||
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to give an account or representation of in words | |
| reportedly | according to reports or other information | ||
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standing in for someone and speaking on their behalf | |
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| republican | having the supreme power lying in citizens entitled to vote | ||
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lake used to store water for community use | |
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any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion | |
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find a solution or answer | |
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aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed | |
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the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange | |
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| rest | take a short break from one's activities in order to relax | ||
| restaurant | a building where people go to eat | ||
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returning something or someone to a satisfactory state | |
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bring back into original existence, function, or position | |
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the act of controlling by holding someone or something back | |
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an act of limiting | |
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take up or begin anew | |
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the selling of goods to consumers | |
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secure and keep for possible future use or application | |
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concerned with or related to the past | |
| return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before | ||
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the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | |
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the act of altering | |
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bringing again into activity and prominence | |
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markedly new or introducing radical change | |
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compensation for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | |
| rewrite | compose differently | ||
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study of the technique for using language effectively | |
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correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines | |
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an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs | |
| rib | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | ||
| ribbon | any long object resembling a thin line | ||
| rice | annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses | ||
| rich | possessing material wealth | ||
| rid | relieve from | ||
| ride | sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | ||
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incongruous or absurd | |
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equip with sails or masts | |
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| right-wing | believing in or supporting tenets of the political right | ||
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| rim | the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object | ||
| ring | a toroidal shape | ||
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| rip | tear or be torn violently | ||
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fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used | |
| rise | move upward | ||
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the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies | |
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the contestant you hope to defeat | |
| river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) | ||
| road | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | ||
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| rob | take | ||
| robber | a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | ||
| robbery | larceny by threat of violence | ||
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| rock | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals | ||
| rock 'n' roll | a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s | ||
| rocket | a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | ||
| rocky | abounding in rocks or stones | ||
| rod | a long thin implement made of metal or wood | ||
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someone worthy of imitation | |
| roll | move by turning over or rotating | ||
| roller | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | ||
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expressive of or exciting love | |
| roof | a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building | ||
| rookie | an awkward and inexperienced youth | ||
| room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling | ||
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| rope | a strong line | ||
| rose | any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses | ||
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| rough | having or caused by an irregular surface | ||
| roughly | with rough motion as over a rough surface | ||
| round | having a circular shape | ||
| roundabout | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | ||
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an unvarying or habitual method or procedure | |
| row | an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line | ||
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| royal family | royal persons collectively | ||
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| rub | move over something with pressure | ||
| rubber | an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products | ||
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| rug | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric | ||
| rugby | a form of football played with an oval ball | ||
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| rule | prescribed guide for conduct or action | ||
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| ruling | exercising power or authority | ||
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| rumour | gossip passed around by word of mouth | ||
| run | move fast by using one's feet | ||
| runner | someone who travels on foot by running | ||
| running | the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace | ||
| runway | a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land | ||
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living in or characteristic of farming or country life | |
| rush | act or move at high speed | ||
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covered with or consisting of an oxide coating | |
| sack | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding purchases | ||
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made or declared or believed to be holy | |
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the act of killing in order to appease a deity | |
| sad | experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness | ||
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| sadly | in an unfortunate way | ||
| sadness | the state of experiencing sorrow | ||
| safe | free from danger or the risk of harm | ||
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| safety | being certain that adverse effects will not be caused | ||
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| sailor | any member of a ship's crew | ||
| sake | the purpose of achieving or obtaining | ||
| salad | food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens | ||
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| sale | the general activity of selling | ||
| salt | white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food | ||
| same | same in identity | ||
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| sand | a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral | ||
| sandwich | two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them | ||
| sandy | resembling or containing or abounding in sand | ||
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the state of being gratified | |
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| sauce | flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food | ||
| saucepan | a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling | ||
| saucer | a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table | ||
| sausage | highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings | ||
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| save | bring into safety | ||
| saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger | ||
| saw | hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting | ||
| say | utter aloud | ||
| saying | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | ||
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| scarf | a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration | ||
| scarlet | a variable vivid red color, sometimes with an orange tinge | ||
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cause to separate and go in different directions | |
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the place where some action occurs | |
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the appearance of a place | |
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| sceptical | marked by or given to doubt | ||
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profound learned knowledge | |
| school | an educational institution | ||
| science | ability to produce solutions in some problem domain | ||
| science fiction | literary fantasy involving the impact of science on society | ||
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| scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades | ||
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| scout | explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | ||
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| scream | utter a sudden loud cry | ||
| screen | partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space | ||
| screening | the display of a motion picture | ||
| screw | a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | ||
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| sea | a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | ||
| seal | fastener consisting of a resin that is plastic when warm | ||
| sealed | closed or secured | ||
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| search engine | a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) | ||
| seaside | the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | ||
| season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions | ||
| seasonal | occurring at or dependent on a particular season | ||
| seat | any support where you can sit | ||
| second | coming next after the first in position in space or time | ||
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| secondly | in the second place | ||
| secret | not openly made known | ||
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one of several parts or pieces that fit with others | |
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a particular aspect of life or activity | |
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | |
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free from danger or risk | |
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the state of being free from danger or injury | |
| see | perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight | ||
| seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa | ||
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| seem | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect | ||
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take hold of; grab | |
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pick out or choose from a number of alternatives | |
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| self | your consciousness of your own identity | ||
| self-discipline | the trait of practicing self discipline | ||
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concerned chiefly with your own advantage | |
| sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent | ||
| seller | someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money | ||
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| semifinal | one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament | ||
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| senate | assembly possessing high legislative powers | ||
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| send | cause to go somewhere | ||
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an awareness of some type of stimulation | |
| sense | the faculty through which the external world is apprehended | ||
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able to feel or perceive | |
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responsive to physical stimuli | |
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responsiveness to emotional feelings | |
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a string of words satisfying grammatical rules of a language | |
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a personal belief or judgment | |
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standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything | |
| separation | the act of dividing or disconnecting | ||
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a following of one thing after another in time | |
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a noncommissioned officer ranking above a corporal | |
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pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series | |
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similar things placed in order or one after another | |
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a person working in the service of another | |
| serve |
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devote one's life or efforts to, as of countries or ideas | |
| service |
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an act of help or assistance | |
| session |
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a meeting for execution of a group's functions | |
| set | put into a certain place or abstract location | ||
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the physical position of something | |
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become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet | |
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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | |
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a person who resides in a new colony or country | |
| several |
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| severe |
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unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment | |
| sew | create (clothes) with cloth | ||
| sewing | joining or attaching by stitches | ||
| sex | one of two categories into which most organisms are divided | ||
| sexual | of or relating to or characterized by sexuality | ||
| sexuality | the properties distinguishing reproductive roles | ||
| sexy | marked by or tending to arouse sensual desire or interest | ||
| shade | relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | ||
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a long rod or pole, especially the body of a weapon | |
| shake | move or cause to move back and forth | ||
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a painful feeling of embarrassment or inadequacy | |
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| share | assets belonging to an individual person or group | ||
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| shark | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | ||
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having a point or thin edge suitable for cutting or piercing | |
| sharpen | make sharp or sharper | ||
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| shave | remove body hair with a razor | ||
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| sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat | ||
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| shelf | a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects | ||
| shell | the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | ||
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| ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight | ||
| shipment | the act of sending off something | ||
| shipping | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | ||
| shirt | a garment worn on the upper half of the body | ||
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| shock | an unpleasant or disappointing surprise | ||
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| shocking | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | ||
| shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material | ||
| shoot | fire a shot | ||
| shooting | the act of firing a projectile | ||
| shop | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services | ||
| shopkeeper | a merchant who owns or manages a shop | ||
| shopper | someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy | ||
| shopping | searching for or buying goods or services | ||
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| short | having little length or lacking in length | ||
| short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel | ||
| short-term | relating to or extending over a limited period | ||
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| shortly | in the near future | ||
| shorts | trousers that end at or above the knee | ||
| shot | the act of firing a projectile | ||
| shoulder | a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula | ||
| shout | utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice | ||
| shove | come into rough contact with while moving | ||
| show | make visible or noticeable | ||
| shower | a brief period of precipitation | ||
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| shrug | raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation | ||
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| shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut | ||
| shutter | a hinged blind for a window | ||
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| sick | affected by impairment of normal physical or mental function | ||
| sickness | impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | ||
| side | a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location | ||
| side effect | a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy | ||
| sidewalk | walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians | ||
| sideways | toward one side | ||
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| sign | a visible clue that something has happened or is present | ||
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| signing | language expressed by visible hand gestures | ||
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| silent | marked by absence of sound | ||
| silently | without speaking | ||
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| silly | ludicrous, foolish | ||
| silver | a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography | ||
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| sin | an act that is regarded as a transgression of God's will | ||
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| sing | produce tones with the voice | ||
| singer | a person who sings | ||
| single | existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual | ||
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| sip | drink in sips | ||
| sir | term of address for a man | ||
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| sister | a female person who has the same parents as another person | ||
| sit | take a seat | ||
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| sitting | the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position | ||
| sitting room | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | ||
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| size | the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) | ||
| skate | sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs | ||
| skating | the sport of gliding on skates | ||
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preliminary drawing for later elaboration | |
| ski | narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow | ||
| skilful | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | ||
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| skilled | having or showing or requiring special skill | ||
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| skin | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch | ||
| skip | jump lightly | ||
| skirt | a garment hanging from the waist | ||
| skull | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | ||
| sky | the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth | ||
| slam | close violently | ||
| slap | a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) | ||
| slash | cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete | ||
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| sleep | a natural and periodic state of rest | ||
| sleepy | ready to fall asleep | ||
| sleeve | the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm | ||
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| slice | a thin flat piece cut off of some object | ||
| slide | move smoothly along a surface | ||
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| slip | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | ||
| slipper | low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily | ||
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| slot | a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail) | ||
| slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time | ||
| slowly | without speed | ||
| smack | a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) | ||
| small | limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude | ||
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| smell | the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | ||
| smile | a facial expression with the corners of the mouth turned up | ||
| smoke | a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas | ||
| smoker | a person who smokes tobacco | ||
| smoking | the act of smoking tobacco or other substances | ||
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| snack | a light informal meal | ||
| snake | limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous | ||
| snap | separate or cause to separate abruptly | ||
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| snow | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | ||
| so | to a very great extent or degree | ||
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| soak | submerge in a liquid | ||
| soap | a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats | ||
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not affected by a chemical substance, especially alcohol | |
| soccer | a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal | ||
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| social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society | ||
| social worker | someone employed to provide social services | ||
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the study and classification of human societies | |
| sock | hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot | ||
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| soda | a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring | ||
| sofa | an upholstered seat for more than one person | ||
| soft | yielding readily to pressure or weight | ||
| soft drink | nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) | ||
| soften | make soft or softer | ||
| softly | with little weight or force | ||
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material in the top layer of the surface of the earth | |
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relating to the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun | |
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the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it | |
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the underside of the foot | |
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without any others being included or involved | |
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| some | quantifier | ||
| somebody | a human being | ||
| somehow | in some unspecified way or manner | ||
| someone | a human being | ||
| someplace | in or at or to some place | ||
| sometime | at some indefinite or unstated time | ||
| sometimes | on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always | ||
| somewhat | to a small degree or extent | ||
| somewhere | in or at or to some place | ||
| son | a male human offspring | ||
| song | a short musical composition with words | ||
| soon | in the near future | ||
| sooner | comparatives of `soon' or `early' | ||
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causing misery or pain or distress | |
| sorry | feeling or expressing regret | ||
| sort | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | ||
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mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium | |
| soup | liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food | ||
| sour | one of the four basic taste sensations | ||
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| south | the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point | ||
| south-east | to, toward, or in the southeast | ||
| south-west | to, toward, or in the southwest | ||
| southeast | the compass point midway between south and east | ||
| southern | situated in or oriented toward the south | ||
| southwest | the compass point midway between south and west | ||
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place seeds in or on the ground for future growth | |
| space | the unlimited expanse in which everything is located | ||
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more than is needed, desired, or required | |
| spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities | ||
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| speak | use language | ||
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someone who expresses in language | |
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adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose | |
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an expert devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | |
| speciality | a distinguishing trait | ||
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become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | |
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developed or designed for a particular activity or function | |
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an asset of special worth or utility | |
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taxonomic group whose members can interbreed | |
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stated explicitly or in detail | |
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| specification |
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the act of naming explicitly | |
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a bit of tissue or fluid taken for diagnostic purposes | |
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something or someone seen, especially a notable sight | |
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sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | |
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a close observer; someone who looks at something | |
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a broad range of related objects, values, or qualities | |
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reflect deeply on a subject | |
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continuous contemplation on a subject of a deep nature | |
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communication by word of mouth | |
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| spell | write or name the letters that comprise the accepted form of | ||
| spelling | forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage | ||
| spend | pass time in a specific way | ||
| spending | the act of spending or disbursing money | ||
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| spice | any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food | ||
| spider | predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey | ||
| spill | flow, run or fall out and become lost | ||
| spin | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | ||
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something wound in a continuous series of loops | |
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the vital principle or animating force within living things | |
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lacking material body or form or substance | |
| spit | the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | ||
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meanness or nastiness | |
| splash | cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | ||
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separate into parts or portions | |
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make a mess of, destroy or ruin | |
| spoken | uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination | ||
| spokesman | a male spokesperson | ||
| spokeswoman | a female spokesperson | ||
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| sponsorship | the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially) | ||
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said or done without having been planned in advance | |
| spoon | a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food | ||
| sport | active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | ||
| spot | a point located with respect to surface features of some region | ||
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distribute or disperse widely | |
| spreadsheet | a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen | ||
| spring | move forward by leaps and bounds | ||
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| spy | (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors | ||
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| square | a polygon with four equal sides and four right angles | ||
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press firmly | |
| stab | poke or thrust abruptly | ||
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resistant to change of position or condition | |
| stack | an orderly pile | ||
| stadium | a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments | ||
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a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | |
| stage | any distinct time period in a sequence of events | ||
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| stain | make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air | ||
| stair | support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway | ||
| staircase | a way of access consisting of a set of steps | ||
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lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration | |
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a small area set off for special use | |
| stamp | walk heavily | ||
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a rationalized mental attitude | |
| stand | be standing; be upright | ||
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a basis for comparison | |
| standing | social or financial or professional status or reputation | ||
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material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing | |
| star | a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy | ||
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| start | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | ||
| starter | any new participant in some activity | ||
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the way something is with respect to its main attributes | |
| statement | the act of affirming or asserting something | ||
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relating to or created by regulations | |
| stay | continue in a place, position, or situation | ||
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securely in position; not shaky | |
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take without the owner's consent | |
| steam | water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere | ||
| steel | an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon | ||
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be a guiding or motivating force or drive | |
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cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | |
| step | the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down | ||
| stereo | reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound | ||
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incapable of reproducing | |
| stick | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood | ||
| sticky | having the sticky properties of an adhesive | ||
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incapable of or resistant to bending | |
| still | not in physical motion | ||
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cause to act in a specified manner | |
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any information or event that acts to arouse action | |
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move an implement through | |
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a link or loop made by sewing, knitting, or needlework | |
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a supply of something available for future use | |
| stock exchange | an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers | ||
| stomach | enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal | ||
| stone | a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter | ||
| stool | a simple seat without a back or arms | ||
| stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense | ||
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a mercantile establishment for the sale of goods or services | |
| storey | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | ||
| storm | a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning | ||
| story | a record or narrative description of past events | ||
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| stove | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food | ||
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| straighten | make straight or straighter | ||
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exert much effort or energy | |
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line consisting of a complex of fibers twisted together | |
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unusual or out of the ordinary | |
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an individual that one is not acquainted with | |
| strap | an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position | ||
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| straw | plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder | ||
| strawberry | any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry | ||
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| street | a thoroughfare that is lined with buildings | ||
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the property of being physically or mentally powerful | |
| strengthen | make strong or stronger | ||
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deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon | |
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having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | |
| string | a lightweight cord | ||
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take off or remove | |
| stripe | a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | ||
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| strong | having strength or power greater than average or expected | ||
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a complex entity made of many parts | |
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| stud | an upright in house framing | ||
| student | a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | ||
| studio | workplace for the teaching or practice of an art | ||
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| stuff | the tangible substance that goes into a physical object | ||
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make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow | |
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causing bewilderment, shock, or insensibility | |
| stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity | ||
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how something is done or how it happens | |
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having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress | |
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some situation or event that is thought about | |
| subjective |
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taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias | |
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an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | |
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pay as a contribution to a charity or service | |
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agreement expressed by signing your name | |
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| such | of so extreme a degree or extent | ||
| suck | draw into the mouth by creating a vacuum in the mouth | ||
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| sugar | a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener | ||
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| summer | the warmest season of the year | ||
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| sun | the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system | ||
| sunlight | the rays of the sun | ||
| sunny | bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer | ||
| sunset | the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon | ||
| sunshine | the rays of the sun | ||
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| sure | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty | ||
| surely | definitely or positively | ||
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| surroundings | the environment in which something exists or lives | ||
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| sweat | salty fluid secreted by glands in the skin | ||
| sweater | a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body | ||
| sweep | sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | ||
| sweet | having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar | ||
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| swim | travel through water | ||
| swimming | the act of swimming | ||
| swing | change direction with a swinging motion; turn | ||
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| sword | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | ||
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sharing the feelings of others, especially sorrow or anguish | |
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| tablet | a small flat compressed cake of some substance | ||
| tack | a short nail with a sharp point and a large head | ||
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| tag | a small piece of cloth or paper | ||
| tail | the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | ||
| take | get into one's hands | ||
| takeover | a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation | ||
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| talented | endowed with talent or talents | ||
| talk | use language | ||
| tall | great in vertical dimension; high in stature | ||
| tan | a light brown the color of topaz | ||
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| tap | strike lightly | ||
| tape | a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening | ||
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| task force | a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task | ||
| taste | the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | ||
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| tax | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | ||
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| taxpayer | someone who pays taxes | ||
| tea | a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water | ||
| teach | impart skills or knowledge to | ||
| teacher | a person whose occupation is instructing | ||
| teaching | the activities of educating or instructing | ||
| team | a cooperative unit | ||
| tear | separate or cause to separate abruptly | ||
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a practical method or art applied to some particular task | |
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| teen | a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | ||
| teenage | being of the age 13 through 19 | ||
| teenager | a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | ||
| telecommunication | (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance | ||
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| television | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen | ||
| tell | narrate or give a detailed account of | ||
| telly | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen | ||
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| tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court | ||
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| tent | a portable shelter | ||
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| terrible | exceptionally bad or displeasing | ||
| terribly | in a terrible manner | ||
| terrific | extraordinarily good or great | ||
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standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or aptitude | |
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something that serves as evidence | |
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artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting fibers | |
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the feel of a surface or a fabric | |
| thank | express gratitude or show appreciation to | ||
| thank you | a conversational expression of gratitude | ||
| thanks | an acknowledgment of appreciation | ||
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| theatre | a building where performances can be presented | ||
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| then | at that time | ||
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tending to cure or restore to health | |
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| there | in or at that place | ||
| thereafter | from that time on | ||
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| therefore | from that fact or reason or as a result | ||
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| thick | not thin | ||
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| thigh | the part of the leg between the hip and the knee | ||
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| thing | a separate and self-contained entity | ||
| think | judge or regard; look upon; judge | ||
| thinking | endowed with the capacity to reason | ||
| thirsty | feeling a need or desire to drink | ||
| thorn | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | ||
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| though | (postpositive) however | ||
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| thousand | the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | ||
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| three-quarters | three of four equal parts | ||
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| throat | the passage to the stomach and lungs | ||
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push forcefully | |
| thumb | the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb | ||
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| thunder | a booming or crashing noise along the path of lightning | ||
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| ticket | a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) | ||
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| tiger | large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered | ||
| tight | closely constrained or constricted or constricting | ||
| tighten | make tight or tighter | ||
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| time | the continuum of experience in which events pass to the past | ||
| timetable | a schedule of times of arrivals and departures | ||
| timing | the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics) | ||
| tin | a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion | ||
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| tire | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | ||
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| toast | slices of bread that have been toasted | ||
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aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs | |
| today | on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow | ||
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| toe | one of the digits of the foot | ||
| together | in contact with each other or in proximity | ||
| toilet | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | ||
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| tomato | mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable | ||
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| tomorrow | the day after today | ||
| ton | a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds | ||
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| tongue | a mobile mass of muscular tissue located in the oral cavity | ||
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| tonight | during the night of the present day | ||
| tonne | a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms | ||
| too | to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits | ||
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| tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates | ||
| top | the upper part of anything | ||
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| touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with | ||
| touchdown | a score in American football | ||
| touching | arousing affect | ||
| tough | substantially made or constructed | ||
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| tow | drag behind | ||
| towel | a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth for drying or wiping | ||
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| town | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city | ||
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| toy | an artifact designed to be played with | ||
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| trail | a path or track | ||
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| trainer | one who trains other persons or animals | ||
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send from one person or place to another | |
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transfer from one place or period to another | |
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| trap | a device in which something can be caught and penned | ||
| trash | worthless material that is to be disposed of | ||
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| travel | change location | ||
| traveler | a person who changes location | ||
| traveling | the act of going from one place to another | ||
| traveller | a person who changes location | ||
| travelling | the act of going from one place to another | ||
| tray | an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food | ||
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| treat | subject to a process with the aim of readying for a purpose | ||
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| tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | ||
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| trial | the act of testing something | ||
| triangle | a three-sided polygon | ||
| tribe | a social division of (usually preliterate) people | ||
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something given or done as an expression of esteem | |
| trick | a cunning or deceitful action or device | ||
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| trip | miss a step and fall or nearly fall | ||
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| trot | ride at a gait faster than a walk | ||
| trouble | a source of difficulty | ||
| trouser | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | ||
| truck | an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | ||
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a person who administers property for someone else's benefit | |
| truth | a factual statement | ||
| try | make an effort or attempt | ||
| trying | hard to endure | ||
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| tuck | make a tuck or several folds in | ||
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| tumour | an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | ||
| tune | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | ||
| tunnel | a passageway through or under something, usually underground | ||
| turkey | large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail | ||
| turn | move around an axis or a center | ||
| turning | a movement in a new direction | ||
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| twice | two times | ||
| twin | either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy | ||
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| type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing | ||
| typewriter | hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time | ||
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| tyre | hoop that covers a wheel | ||
| ugly | displeasing to the sense of sight | ||
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| unchanged | not made or become different | ||
| uncle | the brother of your father or mother | ||
| unclear | poorly stated or described | ||
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| uncontrolled | not being under control; out of control | ||
| uncover | make visible | ||
| under | below some quantity or limit | ||
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| underground | beneath the surface of the earth | ||
| underline | draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to | ||
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any piece of work that is attempted | |
| underwear | undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | ||
| undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect | ||
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causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | |
| unemployed | not engaged in a gainful occupation | ||
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marked by or resulting in bad luck | |
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by bad luck | |
| unfriendly | not friendly | ||
| unhappy | experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent | ||
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| unimportant | not important | ||
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applicable to or common to all members of a group or set | |
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| unkind | lacking kindness | ||
| unknown | not known | ||
| unlike | marked by dissimilarity | ||
| unlimited | having no limits in range or scope | ||
| unlock | open the lock of | ||
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novel; having no earlier occurrence | |
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unknown in advance | |
| unreasonable | beyond normal limits | ||
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not worthy of trust | |
| unrest | a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | ||
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not meant or adapted for a particular purpose | |
| unsure | lacking self-confidence | ||
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| unusual | not common or ordinary | ||
| unusually | to a remarkable degree or extent | ||
| unwilling | not disposed or inclined toward | ||
| up | spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | ||
| up-to-date | reflecting the latest information or changes | ||
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| update |
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rate higher; raise in value | |
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| upper | higher in place or position | ||
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| upside down | in an inverted manner | ||
| upstairs | on a floor above | ||
| upward | spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | ||
| upwards | spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | ||
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force or impel in an indicated direction | |
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the act of employing | |
| use | put into service | ||
| used | previously owned by another | ||
| used to | in the habit | ||
| useful | having a helpful function | ||
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| usual | occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure | ||
| usually | under normal conditions | ||
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highest in extent or degree | |
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without an occupant or incumbent | |
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leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure | |
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| valid |
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well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force | |
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the quality of being legitimate and rigorous | |
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| valuable |
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| van | a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight | ||
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the process of being or becoming different | |
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a category of things distinguished by a common quality | |
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become different in some particular way | |
| vase | an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers | ||
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| vegetable | any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower | ||
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the scene of any event or action | |
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a word denoting an action, occurrence, or state of existence | |
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of or relating to or formed from words in general | |
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findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for decision | |
| versatile |
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having great diversity or variety | |
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| version |
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| very | being the exact same one; not any other: | ||
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capable of life or normal growth and development | |
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a Catholic priest who acts for a higher-ranking clergyman | |
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an unfortunate person who suffers from adverse circumstances | |
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| video | broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | ||
| view | the visual percept of a region | ||
| viewer | a close observer; someone who looks at something | ||
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a settlement smaller than a town | |
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| vine | a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | ||
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a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction | |
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acting with great force or energy or emotional intensity | |
| violin | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow | ||
| virgin | a person who has never had sex | ||
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in essence or in effect but not in fact | |
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infectious agent that replicates itself within living hosts | |
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| visit | the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time | ||
| visitor | someone who visits | ||
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performing an essential function in the living body | |
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| voice | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds | ||
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a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt | |
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the property of something that is great in magnitude | |
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of your own free will or design | |
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a person who performs work done by choice | |
| vomit | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | ||
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a choice made by counting people in favor of alternatives | |
| vowel | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open | ||
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capable of being wounded or hurt | |
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something that remunerates | |
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a wheeled vehicle drawn by an animal or a tractor | |
| waist | the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | ||
| wait | stay in one place and anticipate or expect something | ||
| waiter | a person whose occupation is to serve at table | ||
| waitress | a woman waiter | ||
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| walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps | ||
| walker | a person who travels by foot | ||
| walking | the act of traveling by foot | ||
| wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure | ||
| wallpaper | a decorative paper for the walls of rooms | ||
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move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course | |
| want | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | ||
| wanted | desired or wished for or sought | ||
| war | the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | ||
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a storehouse for goods and merchandise | |
| warm | having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat | ||
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| warmth | the quality of having a moderate degree of heat | ||
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notify of danger, potential harm, or risk | |
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a message informing of danger | |
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formal and explicit approval | |
| wash | clean with some chemical process | ||
| washing | the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) | ||
| washing machine | a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically | ||
| wasp | social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting | ||
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| watch | look attentively | ||
| water | compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear liquid | ||
| waterfall | a steep descent of the water of a river | ||
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(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | |
| way | how something is done or how it happens | ||
| way of life | a course of conduct | ||
| way out | an opening that permits escape or release | ||
| weak | wanting in physical strength | ||
| weaken | lessen the strength of | ||
| weakness | a flaw | ||
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having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | |
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| wear | put clothing on one's body | ||
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atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation | |
| weather forecast | a forecast of the weather | ||
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pattern or structure of a fabric | |
| web | an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving | ||
| web page | a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser | ||
| website | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | ||
| wedding | the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | ||
| weed | any plant that crowds out cultivated plants | ||
| week | any period of seven consecutive days | ||
| weekend | a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | ||
| weekly | a periodical that is published every week | ||
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strikingly odd or unusual | |
| welcome | the state of being received with pleasure | ||
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something that aids or promotes well-being | |
| well | in a good or satisfactory manner or to a high standard | ||
| well-known | widely or fully known | ||
| west | the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees | ||
| western | lying toward or situated in the west | ||
| wet | wetness caused by water | ||
| whale | any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head | ||
| whatever | one or some or every or all without specification | ||
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one or some or every or all without specification | |
| wheat | annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains | ||
| wheel | a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) | ||
| wherever | where in the world | ||
| while | a period of indeterminate length marked by some action | ||
| whip | an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash | ||
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the shape of something rotating rapidly | |
| whiskey | a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | ||
| whisky | a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | ||
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speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | |
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the sound made by something moving rapidly | |
| white | being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness | ||
| white-collar | of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers | ||
| whole | all of something including its component elements or parts | ||
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| why | the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' | ||
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having committed unrighteous acts | |
| wicket | a small gate or door, often part of a larger door | ||
| wide | having great extent from one side to the other | ||
| wide-ranging | including much | ||
| widely | to a great degree | ||
| widen | extend in scope or range or area | ||
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| wife | a married woman; a man's partner in marriage | ||
| wild | in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated | ||
| wildlife | all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | ||
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| will | the capability of conscious choice and decision | ||
| willing | the act of making a choice | ||
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cheerful compliance | |
| win | a victory (as in a race or other competition) | ||
| wind | air moving from high pressure to low pressure | ||
| window | a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air | ||
| windy | abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes | ||
| wine | fermented juice (of grapes especially) | ||
| wing | a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) | ||
| winner | a person with a record of successes | ||
| winning | succeeding with great difficulty | ||
| winter | the coldest season of the year | ||
| wipe | rub with a circular motion | ||
| wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc | ||
| wireless | medium for communication | ||
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accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment | |
| wise |
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having intelligence and discernment | |
| wish | an expression of some desire or inclination | ||
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mental ability | |
| witch | a female sorcerer or magician | ||
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pull back or move away or backward | |
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the act of pulling back | |
| within | on the inside | ||
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someone who sees an event and reports what happened | |
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demonstrating striking cleverness and humor | |
| wolf | any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs | ||
| woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) | ||
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the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | |
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extraordinarily good or great | |
| wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees | ||
| wooden | made or consisting of or employing wood | ||
| woodland | land that is covered with trees and shrubs | ||
| wool | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks | ||
| woolen | of or related to or made of wool | ||
| woollen | of or related to or made of wool | ||
| word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify | ||
| work | activity directed toward making or doing something | ||
| worker | a person who works at a specific occupation | ||
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the people employed or available for employment | |
| working | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | ||
| workload | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | ||
| workman | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | ||
| workplace | a place where work is done | ||
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a place where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | |
| workstation | a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer | ||
| world | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | ||
| worldwide | spanning or extending throughout the entire world | ||
| worm | any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae | ||
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afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble | |
| worry |
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a strong feeling of anxiety | |
| worse | inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability | ||
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the activity of cherishing as divine | |
| worst | the least favorable outcome | ||
| worth | the quality that renders something desirable or valuable | ||
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sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time | |
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an important, honorable person | |
| would-be | unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition | ||
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an injury to living tissue | |
| wrap | cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person | ||
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something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation | |
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the remaining parts of something that has been destroyed | |
| wrist | a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | ||
| write | name the letters that comprise the accepted form of | ||
| writer | a person who is able to write and has written something | ||
| writing | symbols imprinted on a surface to represent sounds or words | ||
| written | set down in writing in any of various ways | ||
| wrong | not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth | ||
| wrongly | without justice or fairness | ||
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an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power | |
| yard |
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enclosed land around a house or other building | |
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a fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving | |
| yawn | an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth | ||
| yeah | not only so, but | ||
| year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun | ||
| yell | a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | ||
| yellow | yellow color or pigment | ||
| yes | an affirmative | ||
| yesterday | the day immediately before today | ||
| yet | up to the present time | ||
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| young | any immature animal | ||
| young lady | a young woman | ||
| young man | a teenager or a young adult male | ||
| younger | used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father | ||
| youngster | a young person of either sex | ||
| youth | a person who is not yet old | ||
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| zip | forceful exertion | ||
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| zoo | the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition |
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blue-collar, boat, bodyguard, bomb, bomber, bombing, bone, bonfire, bonus, book,
bookcase, booking, booklet, bookshelf, bookshop, bookstore, boom, boot, born,
boss, both, bottle, bottom, bow, bowl, bowler, box, boxer, boy, boyfriend, bra,
brand name, brand-new, brandy, brass, bread, break, breakdown, breakfast,
breast, breath, breathe, breathing, breathtaking, brick, bride, bridge,
briefcase, bright, bring, broken, bronze, broom, brother, brow, brown, bubble,
bucket, buddy, bug, build, builder, building, bulb, bull, bump, bun, bunch,
burger, bus, bush, bushel, business, businessman, businesswoman, busy, but,
butter, butterfly, buy, buyer, by, bye, cab, cabbage, cabin, cake, calcium,
calculator, call, caller, calm, can, cancer, candle, candy, cane, cannot, cap,
captain, car, carbon, carbon dioxide, card, cardboard, care, carpet, carrot,
cart, cartoon, case, cash, cash flow, cast, castle, cat, catalog, catch, cave,
ceiling, cell phone, cement, cent, centre, cereal, certainty, chain, chair,
championship, chance, change, changed, charge, chat show, check, cheek,
cheerful, cheese, chef, chemist, cheque, cherry, chess, chest, chew, chicken,
chief, child, childhood, childish, chill, chin, chocolate, choose, chop, chosen,
church, cigarette, circle, circular, city, clash, class, classical music,
classroom, clean, cleaner, cleaning, clear, clearly, click, climb, clock, close,
closed, closely, closet, cloth, clothes, clothing, cloud, club, coach, coal,
coat, cocaine, cocoa, coffee, cold, collar, collector, color, colored, colorful,
coloring, colour, coloured, colourful, colouring, comb, come, comic, coming,
company, condo, congratulation, congressman, conservationist, constable,
continental, continuation, cook, cooker, cookery, cookie, cooking, cool, copper,
copy, cord, corn, correct, correction, correctly, cost, costly, cosy, cotton,
cough, could, councillor, counsellor, count, country, countryside, county,
course, courtroom, cousin, cover, cowboy, crack, crawl, crazy, cream, credit
card, crime, cross-country, crossword, crown, cry, cup, cupboard, cure, curl,
curly, curtain, curve, curved, cut, cute, cutting, cyclist, dad, daddy, daily,
dance, dancer, dancing, danger, dark, darkness, dash, date, daughter, day,
day-to-day, daylight, daytime, dead, deadly, deaf, deal, dealer, dealing, dear,
death, deck, deep, deeply, deer, defence, defensive, delightful, democrat,
dentist, department store, departmental, desk, desktop, despite, detail,
detailed, devil, dial, diamond, diary, die, diet, dig, dime, dining room,
dinner, dip, direct, director, dirt, dirty, disc, dish, disk, do, dock, doctor,
dog, dole, doll, dollar, dolphin, done, donkey, door, doorway, dose, dot,
double, down, downstairs, downtown, downward, downwards, dozen, drag, draw,
drawer, drawing, dress, dressed, dressing, dried, drink, drinking, drug,
drugstore, drum, drunk, dry, duck, due, dumb, dump, dust, dustbin, dying,
e-mail, each, eagle, ear, earlier, early, earnings, earring, easily, east,
eastern, easy, eat, echo, educator, egg, either, elbow, electoral, electrical,
electronic, electronics, elephant, elevator, elsewhere, email, encode, end,
ending, endless, enemy, enjoyment, enough, enter, erase, euro, even, evening,
evenly, ever, every, everywhere, exam, except, exchange rate, excite, excited,
exciting, exit, expect, expense, extra, eye, eyebrow, face, fail, fairy, fairy
tale, fall, family, far, farm, farmhouse, farther, fast, fast food, fat, father,
favour, favourable, favourite, fear, fee, feed, feel, feeling, fellow, female,
few, fibre, fiddle, field, fight, fighter, fighting, file, fill, find, findings,
fine, finely, finger, fire, fire alarm, fire brigade, fireplace, firework, firm,
first, first class, first half, first name, firstly, fish, fish and chips,
fisherman, fishing, fist, fix, fixed, flashlight, flat, flavor, flavour, flesh,
flight, floor, flour, flower, flu, fly, flying, fog, fold, folder, folk, follow,
follower, following, food, fool, foot, football, footstep, forehead, forgive,
fork, form, fort, forth, found, fountain, fox, frame, free, free agent, free
trade, freely, freeze, freezer, freezing, fridge, fried, friend, friendly, frog,
front, front door, frost, frozen, fruit, fry, fulfil, full, full stop,
full-time, fully, fun, funny, furniture, further, furthest, game, garage,
garden, gardener, garlic, gas, gasoline, gate, gay, gentleman, geographical,
geological, get, ghost, giant, gift, giraffe, girl, girlfriend, give, given,
glad, glass, glasses, glide, global warming, glove, glue, go, goalkeeper, goat,
god, gold, gold medal, golden, golf, good, good afternoon, good day, good
morning, good night, good-looking, goodbye, goodness, goods, gown, gram, grand,
granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandson, grape,
graphical, grass, gray, great, greatly, green, greet, greeting, grey, grin,
ground, group, grouping, grow, growing, growth, guess, guest, guidebook, guitar,
gum, gun, gunman, guts, gym, hair, haircut, hairdresser, hairstyle, hairy, half,
halfway, hall, ham, hammer, hand, handbag, handful, handling, handwriting, hang,
happen, happily, happy, harbour, hard, harden, hardly, harm, harmless, hat,
hate, hatred, have, hay, he, head, headache, heading, headline, heal, health
care, health food, heap, hear, hearing, heart attack, heart disease, heaven,
heavy, heel, helicopter, hell, hello, helmet, help, helping, helpless, here, hi,
high, high school, high street, high tech, high-level, highly, highway, hill,
hillside, him, himself, hip, hire, his, history, hit, hockey, hold, holder,
holding, hole, home, home page, homeless, homework, honey, honeymoon, honour,
honourable, hood, hope, hopeless, horn, horse, hospital, hot, hot dog, hotel,
hour, house, housewife, housework, housing, however, hug, huge, human rights,
humour, hundred, hunger, hungry, hunt, hunting, hurry, hurt, ice, ice cream,
icy, idea, ill, illness, importance, important, importantly, imprisonment, in,
income tax, incorrect, increasingly, indeed, indoor, indoors, inexperienced,
infant, information technology, ink, inn, inner, inner city, inside, inside out,
instead, interruption, invite, italics, jack, jacket, jail, jam, jaw, jeans,
jewel, jewellery, join, joke, joy, judge, juice, jump, jumper, junior, junk,
just, keep, keeper, key, keyboard, kick, kid, kidnap, kidney, kill, killer,
kilo, kilogram, kilometer, kilometre, kind, kindly, king, kiss, kit, kitchen,
kite, kitten, knee, knife, knock, knot, know, known, lab, labour, lad, ladder,
lady, lake, lamb, lamp, land, landing, landlady, lane, large, large-scale,
largely, last, last-minute, lasting, lastly, late, lately, later, latest, laugh,
laughter, law, lawmaker, lawn, lawsuit, lay, layoff, layout, lead, leading,
learn, learner, learning, least, leave, left, left-hand, left-wing, leg, less,
lesser, let, letter, lettuce, librarian, library, licence, lick, lid, lie, life,
lifestyle, lifetime, lift, light, lighting, lightly, like, likewise, lime, line,
lineup, lion, lip, list, listen, listener, litre, little, live, liver, living,
living room, load, loaf, local government, lock, locker, log, lone, long,
long-distance, loo, look, loop, loose, loosely, lord, lorry, lose, loser, loss,
lot, loud, love, lovely, lover, loving, low, low-level, lower, luck, luckily,
lucky, lunch, lunchtime, lung, ma, madam, madman, magic, magical, mail, mailman,
main, mainly, make, make-up, maker, makeup, making, male, mall, man, managerial,
managing director, mankind, manner, manoeuvre, many, map, marble, mark, marker,
market, marketplace, marking, married, marry, martial art, marvellous, mask,
mate, math, mathematical, mathematics, maths, may, maybe, mayor, me, meal,
meantime, meanwhile, meat, mechanic, meet, meeting, member, memo, merchant bank,
mess, messy, metre, microphone, microwave, middle, middle-aged, middle-class,
midnight, midst, mild, mildly, mile, milk, millimeter, millimetre, million,
millionaire, minus, mirror, miss, missing, mist, mistress, misunderstanding,
mix, mixed, moan, mobile phone, mom, money, monk, monkey, month, monthly, moon,
moonlight, more, moreover, morning, mosquito, most, mostly, motel, mother,
motorbike, motorcycle, motorist, motorway, mould, mountain, mouse, moustache,
mouth, mouthful, move, movie, moving, much, mud, mug, multimedia, multinational,
mum, mushroom, music, musical, musician, must, mustache, my, myself, nail,
naked, name, namely, national debt, national park, nationalist, nationwide,
native speaker, natural gas, naval, navy, near, nearby, nearly, neat, neck,
necklace, neighbour, neighbourhood, neighbouring, neither, nephew, nest, net,
never, new, newly, news, newspaper, next, next door, nice, nicely, nickel,
nickname, niece, night, nightmare, nipple, nitrogen, no, nobody, nod, noise,
noisy, none, noon, north, north-east, north-west, northeast, northern,
northwest, nose, not, note, notebook, notepaper, nothing, novelist, now,
nowadays, nowhere, nuclear power, number, nun, nurse, nursing, nursing home,
nut, nylon, o'clock, oak, ocean, odd, oddly, of course, off, offence, offer,
offshore, often, oftentimes, oil, old, olive, on, once, one, onion, online,
only, onwards, open, opener, opening, openly, openness, operating system,
operator, orange, order, organizational, other, otherwise, ounce, out, outdoor,
outer, outset, outside, outsider, outward, oven, over, overhead, overheads,
overnight, overtake, overtime, owe, owl, own, owner, pack, package, packaging,
packed, packet, packing, pad, page, paid, pain, painful, painfully, paint,
painter, painting, pajamas, paper, paperback, paperwork, parent, parental, park,
parking, part, part-time, partly, party, pass, passing, password, past, pasta,
pat, path, patrol, pavement, pay, payable, pea, peace, peace process, peach,
peanut, peel, peg, pen, pencil, penny, pension fund, people, pepper, perhaps,
person, pest, pet, phone, phone book, phone call, phone number, photo,
photographer, photographic, pianist, piano, pick, pickup, picnic, picture, pie,
piece, pig, pigeon, pill, pillow, pin, pink, pint, pipe, pipeline, pizza, place,
plant, plaster, play, player, playground, playoff, please, pleased, pleasure,
plough, plug, plum, plumber, pocket, pocket money, poem, poet, point, pointed,
police, police officer, police station, policeman, policewoman, polish, poll,
pond, pool, poor, poorly, pop, pop music, porch, pork, position, post, post
office, postal, postcard, poster, postman, pot, potato, pound, pour, powder,
practise, pregnancy, pregnant, present, presenter, presidency, president,
presidential, press, press conference, pressure group, pretty, price, primary
school, prime time, prince, princess, print, printer, printing, prison, private
detective, prize, processor, programme, programming, pub, public holiday, public
opinion, public relations, public school, public transport, pudding, pull,
pullover, punch, punk, puppy, pure, purely, purple, push, put, puzzle, pyjamas,
queen, question, question mark, questionable, questioning, quick, quickly, quid,
quiet, quietly, quite, quiz, rabbit, race, rack, radiator, radio, rag, raid,
railroad, railway, railway line, rain, rainbow, ranch, rancher, rape, rat,
rather, raw materials, ray, razor, reach, read, reader, readily, reading, ready,
real, really, rear, rebuild, rectangular, recycling, red, red light, red-hot,
regard, regarding, regular, regularly, rehearse, remote control, renewal,
rental, repay, reply, reportedly, republican, rest, restaurant, return, rewrite,
rib, ribbon, rice, rich, rid, ride, right-wing, rim, ring, rip, rise, river,
road, rob, robber, robbery, rock, rock 'n' roll, rocket, rocky, rod, roll,
roller, roof, rookie, room, rope, rose, rough, roughly, round, roundabout, row,
royal family, rub, rubber, rug, rugby, rule, ruling, rumour, run, runner,
running, runway, rush, sack, sad, sadly, sadness, safe, safety, sailor, sake,
salad, sale, salt, same, sand, sandwich, sandy, sauce, saucepan, saucer,
sausage, save, saving, saw, say, saying, scarf, scarlet, sceptical, school,
science, science fiction, scissors, scout, scream, screen, screening, screw,
sea, seal, sealed, search engine, seaside, season, seasonal, seat, second,
secondly, secret, see, seed, seem, self, self-discipline, sell, seller,
semifinal, senate, send, sense, separation, set, sew, sewing, sex, sexual,
sexuality, sexy, shade, shake, share, shark, sharpen, shave, sheep, shelf,
shell, ship, shipment, shipping, shirt, shock, shocking, shoe, shoot, shooting,
shop, shopkeeper, shopper, shopping, short, short story, short-term, shortly,
shorts, shot, shoulder, shout, shove, show, shower, shrug, shut, shutter, sick,
sickness, side, side effect, sidewalk, sideways, sign, signing, silent,
silently, silly, silver, sin, sing, singer, single, sip, sir, sister, sit,
sitting, sitting room, size, skate, skating, ski, skilful, skilled, skin, skip,
skirt, skull, sky, slam, slap, slash, sleep, sleepy, sleeve, slice, slide, slip,
slipper, slot, slow, slowly, smack, small, smell, smile, smoke, smoker, smoking,
snack, snake, snap, snow, so, soak, soap, soccer, social service, social worker,
sock, soda, sofa, soft, soft drink, soften, softly, some, somebody, somehow,
someone, someplace, sometime, sometimes, somewhat, somewhere, son, song, soon,
sooner, sorry, sort, soup, sour, south, south-east, south-west, southeast,
southern, southwest, space, spare time, speak, speciality, spell, spelling,
spend, spending, spice, spider, spill, spin, spit, splash, spoken, spokesman,
spokeswoman, sponsorship, spoon, sport, spot, spreadsheet, spring, spy, square,
stab, stack, stadium, stage, stain, stair, staircase, stamp, stand, standing,
star, start, starter, statement, stay, steam, steel, step, stereo, stick,
sticky, still, stock exchange, stomach, stone, stool, stop, storey, storm,
story, stove, straighten, strap, straw, strawberry, street, strengthen, string,
stripe, strong, stud, student, studio, stuff, stupid, such, suck, sudden, sugar,
suitcase, summer, sun, sunlight, sunny, sunset, sunshine, supermarket, supper,
sure, surely, surf, surroundings, sweat, sweater, sweep, sweet, swim, swimming,
swing, sword, tablet, tack, tag, tail, take, takeover, talented, talk, tall,
tan, tap, tape, task force, taste, tax, taxpayer, tea, teach, teacher, teaching,
team, tear, teen, teenage, teenager, telecommunications, television, tell,
telly, tennis, tent, terrible, terribly, terrific, thank, thank you, thanks,
theatre, then, there, thereafter, therefore, thick, thigh, thing, think,
thinking, thirsty, thorn, though, thousand, three-quarters, throat, thumb,
thunder, ticket, tiger, tight, tighten, time, timetable, timing, tin, tire,
toast, today, toe, together, toilet, tomato, tomorrow, ton, tongue, tonight,
tonne, too, tooth, top, touch, touchdown, touching, tough, tow, towel, town,
toy, trail, trainers, trap, trash, travel, traveler, traveling, traveller,
travelling, tray, treat, tree, trial, triangle, tribe, trick, trip, trot,
trouble, trousers, truck, truth, try, trying, tuck, tumour, tune, tunnel,
turkey, turn, turning, twice, twin, two, type, typewriter, tyre, ugly,
unchanged, uncle, unclear, uncontrolled, uncover, under, underground, underline,
underneath, underwear, undo, unemployed, unfriendly, unhappy, unimportant,
unkind, unknown, unlike, unlimited, unlock, unreasonable, unrest, unsure,
unusual, unusually, unwilling, up, up-to-date, upper, upside down, upstairs,
upward, upwards, use, used, used to, useful, usual, usually, van, vase,
vegetable, very, video, view, viewer, vine, violin, virgin, visit, visitor,
voice, vomit, vowel, waist, wait, waiter, waitress, walk, walker, walking, wall,
wallpaper, want, wanted, war, warm, warmth, wash, washing, washing machine,
wasp, watch, water, waterfall, way, way of life, way out, weak, weaken,
weakness, wear, weather forecast, web, web page, website, wedding, weed, week,
weekend, weekly, welcome, well, well-known, west, western, wet, whale, whatever,
wheat, wheel, wherever, while, whip, whiskey, whisky, white, white-collar,
whole, why, wicket, wide, wide-ranging, widely, widen, wife, wild, wildlife,
will, willing, win, wind, window, windy, wine, wing, winner, winning, winter,
wipe, wire, wireless, wish, witch, within, wolf, woman, wood, wooden, woodland,
wool, woolen, woollen, word, work, worker, working, workload, workman,
workplace, workstation, world, worldwide, worm, worse, worst, worth, would,
would-be, wrap, wrist, write, writer, writing, written, wrong, wrongly, yawn,
yeah, year, yell, yellow, yes, yesterday, yet, young, young lady, young man,
younger, youngster, youth, zip, zoo
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