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v. decelerate
(a) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; wander
(b) chew (food); manducate; jaw
(c) reduce the speed of
(d) exert pressure on someone through threats; pressure
 
v. belabor
(a) prove to be false or incorrect
(b) occur between other event or between certain points of time
(c) beat soundly
(d) study; examine; scrutinize
 
n. heresy
(a) the quality of agreeing
(b) a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
(c) a twisting force
(d) a person who refuses to comply; noncompliant
 
n. aria
(a) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; payback
(b) a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
(c) an elaborate song for solo voice
(d) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants); gripes; griping
 
n. satellite
(a) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
(b) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
(c) light sword; thin metal sheets
(d) a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

 

adj. pandemic
(a) existing everywhere
(b) epidermic; dermal
(c) unpleasant to look at
(d) consisting of fine particles; pulverized; pulverised; small-grained; fine-grained
 
n. badinage
(a) study of poetic meter
(b) the fraudulent appropriation of funds; defalcation; misapplication; misappropriation
(c) violent and needless disturbance
(d) frivolous banter
 
v. retrench
(a) make a reduction, as in one's workforce
(b) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; swosh; swoosh
(c) indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; omen; presage
(d) bear fruit
 
n. minion
(a) the property of flowing easily; liquidity; liquidness
(b) a servile or fawning dependant
(c) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair); hair style
(d) interpretation
 
adj. careworn
(a) (often followed by 'for') ardently or excessively desirous; esurient; greedy
(b) existing independently; real; tangible
(c) present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
(d) showing the wearing effects of overwork; haggard; raddled

v. decelerate (c) reduce the speed of
v. belabor (c) beat soundly
n. heresy (b) a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
n. aria (c) an elaborate song for solo voice
n. satellite (b) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
adj. pandemic (a) existing everywhere
n. badinage (d) frivolous banter
v. retrench (a) make a reduction, as in one's workforce
n. minion (b) a servile or fawning dependant
adj. careworn (d) showing the wearing effects of overwork; haggard; raddled

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