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abide
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Verb
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
ac
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
achieve
x/
Verb
acuminate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
adapt
x/
Verb, Adjective
adhere
x/
Verb
agree
x/
Verb
agribusiness
/xxx
Noun
ai
/
Name
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
always
/x
Adverb
amenities
x/xx
Noun
analogous
x/xx
Adjective
are
/
Noun
arid
/x
Adjective
arithmetic
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
assistive
x/x
Adjective
assure
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Verb
at
/
Noun, Adjective
attend
x/
Verb
austere
x/
Adjective
avert
x/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babysit
/xx
Verb
bald
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
banal
x/
Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
bastion
/x
Noun, Verb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
beware
x/
Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
bodyguard
/xx
Noun, Verb
boob
/
Noun, Verb
booby
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bottle up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
branded
/x
Adjective
bread and butter
///x
Phrase, Noun
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
/x
Adverb
bring
/
Verb
building
/x
Noun
cache
/
Noun, Verb
canned
/
Adjective
care
/
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
carry over
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
caudate
/x
Noun, Adjective
celebrate
/xx
Verb
changeling
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
childcare
/x
Noun
childish
/x
Adjective
childlike
/x
Adjective
cinch
/
Noun, Verb
citadel
/xx
Noun
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cocoon
x/
Noun, Verb
comforts
/x
Noun
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
comply
x/
Verb
compound
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
con
/
Noun, Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
conservation
xx/x
Noun
conserve
x/
Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
continual
x/xx
Adjective
continuation
xxx/x
Noun
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
control
x/
Noun, Verb
convene
x/
Verb
conveniences
x/xx
Noun
convenient
x/x
Adjective
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
cozy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cpu
/x
Name
creature comforts
/x/x
Phrase, Name
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cursory
/xx
Adjective
custodial
x/xx
Adjective
custody
/xx
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deduct
x/
Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
deltoid
xx
Adjective, Noun
deny
x/
Verb
derived
x/
Adjective
detain
x/
Verb
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
diary
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
dispassionate
x/xx
Adjective
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
doing
/x
Noun
dope
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drowsy
/x
Adjective
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dumbbell
/x
Noun
dummy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
dunce
/
Noun
dungeon
/x
Noun, Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
easier
/xx
Adverb
easily
/xx
Adverb
elegant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
elemental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
elementary
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
elliptic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
elongate
x/x
Verb, Adjective
enable
x/x
Verb
enforce
x/
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
enterprise
/xx
Noun, Verb
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exclude
x/
Verb
facile
/x
Adjective
farm
/
Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
firewalls
/x
Noun
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
fortress
/x
Noun, Verb
frat
/
Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
furtive
/x
Adjective
generalizable
/xx/xx
Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
guard
/
Noun, Verb
guardianship
/xxx
Noun
gui
x
Name
hammerhead
/xx
Noun
hang
/
Verb, Noun
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardware
/x
Noun
have
/
Verb, Noun
healthcare
/x
Noun
held
/
Noun
help
/
Verb, Noun
heuristics
x/x
Noun
hi
/
Noun, Adjective
hide
/
Verb, Noun
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
hold over
//x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
homely
/x
Adjective
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
humble
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
i
x
Noun
idiot
/xx
Noun, Adjective
imbecile
/xx
Noun, Adjective
immobilize
x/xx
Verb
impede
x/
Verb
implementations
/xx/x
Noun
inane
x/
Adjective, Noun
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
industrial
x/xx
Adjective, Name
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
informality
xx/xx
Noun
inhibit
x/x
Verb
innovative
/xxx
Adjective
insist
x/
Verb
instructional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
instruments
/xx
Noun
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
intuitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ip
/
Name, Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
keep going
//x
Phrase, Verb
keep on
//
Phrase, Verb
keep out
//
Phrase, Verb
keep up
//
Phrase, Verb
keeper
/x
Noun
keeping
/x
Noun
kidney
/x
Noun
lanceolate
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
languid
/x
Adjective, Noun
lay in
/x
Phrase, Verb
layman
/x
Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
linear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
livelihood
/xx
Noun
lizzie
/x
Name
lock
/
Noun, Verb
loggerhead
/xx
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lose
/
Verb, Noun
lousy
/x
Adjective
macro
/x
Adjective, Noun
maintain
x/
Verb
maintenance
/xx
Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
make good
//
Phrase, Verb
mark
/
Noun, Verb
mausoleum
xx/x
Noun
me
/
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
menial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
microsatellite
/x/xx
Noun
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
modest
/x
Adjective
modified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
monitor
/xx
Verb, Noun
mono
/x
Noun, Adjective
moron
/x
Noun
motionless
/xx
Adjective
mourn
/
Verb, Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
multinational
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
mundane
x/
Adjective, Noun
naive
x/
Adjective, Noun
naked
/x
Adjective
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
nave
/
Noun
naïve
/
Adjective, Noun
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nonmilitary
x/xxx
Adjective
normal
/x
Adjective, Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
nurture
/x
Verb, Noun
oblong
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
obovate
/xx
Adjective
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
obtuse
x/
Adjective, Verb
obvious
/xx
Adjective
ongoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ordinary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
orientated
/xxxx
Adjective
oriented
/xxx
Adjective
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outright
//
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
outsourced
x/
Adjective
ovate
/x
Adjective, Noun
oversee
/xx
Verb
oversimplified
xx/xx
Adjective
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
painless
/x
Adjective
patronage
/xx
Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
perform
x/
Verb
permit
x/
Verb, Noun
perpetuate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
persevere
xx/
Verb
persist
x/
Verb
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
piers
/
Noun
pillars
/x
Noun
pitted
/x
Adjective
plain
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
poop
/
Noun, Verb
preclude
x/
Verb
preserve
x/
Verb, Noun
press
/
Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
prima
/x
Adjective
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
primitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
private
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
prohibit
x/x
Verb
prop
/
Noun, Verb
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
prosecute
/xx
Verb
protect
x/
Verb
prove
/
Verb, Noun
provide
x/
Verb
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
purely
/x
Adverb
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
put in
/x
Phrase, Verb
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
rain out
//
Phrase, Verb
rattle
/x
Noun, Verb
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
rebuttable
x/xx
Adjective
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
recoup
x/
Verb
recurrent
x/x
Adjective
recursive
x/x
Adjective
reduce
x/
Verb
refectory
x/xx
Noun
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
regular
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
regularly
/xxx
Adverb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
reservation
xx/x
Noun
reserve
x/
Noun, Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
retard
x/
Verb, Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
reverent
/xx
Adjective
ride
/
Noun, Verb
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run on
//
Phrase, Verb
safe
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
sap
/
Noun, Verb
satisfy
/xx
Verb
savage
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
scheduled
/x
Adjective, Noun
seamless
/x
Adjective
secret
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
selfish
/x
Adjective
sheep
/
Noun
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
shut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
simpleton
/xx
Noun
simplex
/x
Noun, Adjective
simplicity
x/xx
Noun
simplification
xxx/x
Noun
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
simply
/x
Adverb
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sit
/
Verb, Noun
sitter
/x
Noun
slick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
sole
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
solely
/xx
Adverb
soluble
/xx
Adjective
stabilize
/xx
Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steal
/
Verb, Noun
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
store
/
Noun, Verb
stow
/
Name, Verb
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
streamline
/x
Verb, Noun
stronghold
/x
Noun
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
subnormal
//x
Adjective, Noun
subsistence
x/x
Noun
succinct
x/
Adjective
suffice
x/
Verb
summary
/xx
Noun, Adjective
support
x/
Noun, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
survive
x/
Verb
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
sustenance
/xx
Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
that
/
Adverb, Noun
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
think
/
Verb, Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
thumb
/
Noun, Verb
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
trivial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
truth
/
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
turn
/
Verb, Noun
twit
/
Noun, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unaffected
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
uncommonly
x/xx
Adverb
uncomplicated
x/xxx
Adjective
unconfined
xx/
Adjective
understood
xx/
Adjective
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
unpretentious
xx/x
Adjective
unproblematic
xxx/x
Adjective
unseeing
x/x
Adjective
unsophisticated
xx/xxx
Adjective
update
x/
Noun, Verb
uphold
x/
Verb, Noun
usual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
vocal
/x
Adjective, Noun
wait
/
Verb, Noun
want
/
Verb, Noun
warden
/x
Noun, Verb
wary
/x
Adjective
wash out
//
Phrase, Verb
watch
/
Verb, Noun
wear
/
Verb, Noun
wholesome
/x
Adjective
win
/
Verb, Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
withhold
x/
Verb, Noun
your
/