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to make greater, to add to. We musttry to augment our savings next year.
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loud and roudy. The boisterous child was running through the store screaming and laughing, |
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To speak boldly of somone. His pisparaging remarks hurt my feelings. |
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very harmful, deadly. Taking illegal drugs is a pernicious habit. |
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future generations, all decendents of a person. The fathers of our country wanted to write a declaration that would last for all posderity. |
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serving as a warning. The stock market crash was a portentous warning of the great depression. |
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Disrespectful. Profane language will not be permitted in this classroom. |
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to extinguish, to put out, to relieve with liquid. He quinched the hot coals in the barbeque with water |
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