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1.)Extreme pain or suffering.
2.)Mar-tee-dumb
3.)The mother that is in labor is expirienceing martydom. |
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1.)The Maximum
2.)Ut-Most
3.)I used the utmost gas that my car will consume at the gas station. |
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1.)To convince otherwise
2.)con-vin-ce
3.)I induced my English teacher not to hold class intil my friends got here. |
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1.)Poor
2.)Dis-toot
3.)When the stock market had crashed, it left thousands destitute |
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1.)Independence
2.)Au-toe-no-me
3.)I have autonomy from my family now that I am 18 years old. |
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1.)To have mixed feelings about a situation or idea.
2.)am-bi-va-lance
3.)I have ambivalence about Obama being president. |
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1.)To be treated unfairly
2.)per-su-cute
3.)The blacks were perscuted when they were used as slaves. |
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1.)greatness in signifiance, size, or rank
2.)Mag-ni-tu-duh
3.)The magnitude of the new truck ended up sticking out of the parking space. |
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1.)To Calm down
2.)Play-kate-in-guh
3.)The president placated the angry protestors by giving them what they wanted. |
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1.)To find out the definate answer
2.)As-er-tain
3.)I had to ask my math teacher how to ascertain this assition problem. |
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