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abide
x/
Verb, Verb
abrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
accentuated
x/xxx
Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
accurate
/xx
Adjective
acerbic
x/x
Adjective
achieve
x/
Verb
acrimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
adams
/x
Name
adapt
x/
Verb, Adjective
adhere
x/
Verb
agree
x/
Verb
agreement
x/x
Noun
ain
/
Noun
ait
/
Noun
alert
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alive
x/
Adjective
allow
x/
Verb
always
/x
Adverb
amenities
x/xx
Noun
an
/
Noun
appointed
x/x
Adjective
appraise
x/
Verb
appreciable
x/xx
Adjective
are
/
Noun
assure
x/
Verb
astringent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
astute
x/
Adjective
attend
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
attentive
x/x
Adjective
auditory
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
avert
x/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babysit
/xx
Verb
bastion
/x
Noun, Verb
batteries
/xx
Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
beware
x/
Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
binocular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blade
/
Noun, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blatant
/x
Adjective
blind
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
blindfold
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
block
/
Noun, Verb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
blunt
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blurred
/
Adjective
blurry
/x
Adjective
bodyguard
/xx
Noun, Verb
boom
/
Noun, Verb
boot
/
Noun, Verb
bottle up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
bread and butter
///x
Phrase, Noun
breast
/
Noun, Verb
breathtaking
/xx
Adjective
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bring
/
Verb
brow
/
Noun, Verb
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
brutal
/x
Adjective
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brutish
/x
Adjective
building
/x
Noun
burton
/x
Name
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
cache
/
Noun, Verb
cameron
/xx
Name
campbell
/x
Name
canned
/
Adjective
canthus
xx
Noun
capsule
/x
Noun, Verb
care
/
Noun, Verb
careful
/x
Adjective
carey
/x
Name
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
carry over
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
cell
/
Noun, Verb
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
central artery of the retina
/x/xx/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
central city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
chic
/
Adjective, Noun
childcare
/x
Noun
chronic
/x
Adjective, Noun
citadel
/xx
Noun
civic center
/x/x
Name, Name
clarke
/
Name
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clever
/x
Adjective, Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clouded
/x
Adjective
cloudy
/x
Adjective
collins
/x
Name
comforts
/x
Noun
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
comply
x/
Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
conjunctiva
xx/x
Noun
conservation
xx/x
Noun
conserve
x/
Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
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
cooper
/x
Name, Verb
cornea
/xx
Noun
corresponding
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
cracking
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
creature comforts
/x/x
Phrase, Adverb
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cunning
/x
Adjective, Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
curtain
/x
Noun, Verb
custodial
x/xx
Adjective
custody
/xx
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
damning
/x
Adjective, Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deduct
x/
Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
definite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
dent
/
Noun, Verb
deny
x/
Verb
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
detain
x/
Verb
detective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
dial
/x
Noun, Verb
diary
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dimmed
/
Adjective
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
discerning
x/x
Adjective, Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
discriminating
x/xxx
Adjective
dispassionate
x/xx
Adjective
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
distinct
x/
Adjective, Verb
distinctive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dizzying
/xx
Adjective
doing
/x
Noun
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
drowsy
/x
Adjective
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dungeon
/x
Noun, Verb
ear
/
Noun, Verb
edge
/
Noun, Verb
emphatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
enforce
x/
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
enormous
x/x
Adjective
ensure
x/
Verb
eves
/
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
exclude
x/
Verb
exponential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
eyeball
/x
Noun, Verb
eyed
/
Adjective
eyelid
/x
Noun
eyepiece
/x
Noun
eyesight
/x
Noun
eyewear
/x
Noun
eyewitness
//x
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fancy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
farm
/
Noun, Verb
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
flagged
/
Adjective
flagrant
/x
Adjective
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flickering
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb
forceful
/x
Adjective
foreground
/x
Noun, Verb
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
fort
/
Noun, Verb
forte
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fortress
/x
Noun, Verb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
furtive
/x
Adjective
gander
/x
Noun, Verb
gaze
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
giddy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glaring
/x
Adjective, Noun
glasses
/x
Noun
glassy
/x
Adjective, Noun
glimpse
/
Noun, Verb
globe
/
Noun, Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
guard
/
Noun, Verb
guardianship
/xxx
Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
hanger
/x
Noun
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
hash
/
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
hawkins
/x
Name
headband
/x
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
heated
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hefty
/x
Adjective, Noun
held
/
Noun
help
/
Verb, Noun
hide
/
Verb, Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
hold over
//x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hole
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
holmes
/
Name
honed
/
Adjective
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
horse
/
Noun, Verb
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
hub
/
Noun
huge
/
Adjective
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
iced
/
Adjective
immobilize
x/xx
Verb
impede
x/
Verb
important
x/x
Adjective
incisive
x/x
Adjective
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
inhibit
x/x
Verb
inner city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
insightful
/xx
Adjective
insist
x/
Verb
intelligent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
intense
x/
Adjective
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intonational
xx/xx
Adjective
iris
/x
Noun, Verb
keen
/
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
knife
/
Noun, Verb
labelled
/x
Adjective
languid
/x
Adjective, Noun
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lay in
/x
Phrase, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leave
/
Verb, Noun
lens
/
Noun, Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
lid
/
Noun, Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
lightning
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
livelihood
/xx
Noun
lively
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lizzie
/x
Name
lock
/
Noun, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
lose
/
Verb, Noun
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lucid
/x
Adjective, Noun
luck
/
Noun, Verb
luminous
/xx
Adjective
macroscopic
/x/x
Adjective
maintain
x/
Verb
maintenance
/xx
Noun
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
make good
//
Phrase, Verb
mark
/
Noun, Verb
markup
/x
Noun
massive
/x
Adjective, Noun
mausoleum
xx/x
Noun
medical center
/xx/x
Name, Name
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
microscopic
xx/x
Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
midfield
/x
Noun
midstream
/x
Noun, Adverb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
monitor
/xx
Verb, Noun
motionless
/xx
Adjective
mourn
/
Verb, Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
nave
/
Noun
needle
/x
Noun, Verb
net
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
night
/
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nose
/
Noun, Verb
nostril
/x
Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
notable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
noteworthy
/xx
Adjective, Noun
noticeable
/xxx
Adjective
nurture
/x
Verb, Noun
nuts
/
Noun, Adjective
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
obvious
/xx
Adjective
ocular
/xx
Noun, Adjective
ogle
/x
Name, Verb
oil
/
Noun, Verb
ongoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ophthalmic
x/x
Adjective
ophthalmology
xx/xx
Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
optic
/x
Adjective, Noun
orb
/
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
oversee
/xx
Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pain
/
Noun, Verb
panoramic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
parker
/x
Name
patronage
/xx
Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
pebble
/x
Noun, Verb
peek
/
Noun, Verb
pencil
/x
Noun, Verb
penetrating
/xxx
Adjective
penetrative
/xxx
Adjective
perceptive
x/x
Adjective
percussive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
perform
x/
Verb
permit
x/
Verb, Noun
perpetuate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
persevere
xx/
Verb
persist
x/
Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
pierce
/
Noun, Verb
piers
/
Noun
pile
/
Noun, Verb
pillars
/x
Noun
pin
/
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
poignant
/x
Adjective
point
/
Noun, Verb
pointy
/x
Noun, Adjective
potent
/x
Adjective, Noun
powerful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
precipitous
x/xx
Adjective
precise
x/
Adjective, Verb
preclude
x/
Verb
predominate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
preservation
xx/x
Noun
press
/
Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
profound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prohibit
x/x
Verb
prominent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pronounced
x/
Adjective
prop
/
Noun, Verb
prosecute
/xx
Verb
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
prospective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
protect
x/
Verb
provide
x/
Verb
puckered
/x
Verb, Adjective
pungent
/x
Adjective
pupil
/x
Noun
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
put in
/x
Phrase, Verb
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
quill
/
Noun, Verb
radical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
rain out
//
Phrase, Verb
rapid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
razor
/x
Noun, Verb
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
recoup
x/
Verb
recurrent
x/x
Adjective
reduce
x/
Verb
refectory
x/xx
Noun
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
reg
/
Name
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
regularly
/xxx
Adverb
relation
x/x
Noun
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
remarkable
x/xx
Adjective
remember
x/x
Verb
reservation
xx/x
Noun
reserve
x/
Noun, Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
respiratory
/xxxx
Adjective
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
responsive
x/x
Adjective
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
retina
/xx
Noun
reverent
/xx
Adjective
ride
/
Noun, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
roberts
/x
Name
robinson
/xx
Name
robust
x/
Adjective
rogers
/x
Name
root
/
Noun, Verb
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rude
/
Adjective
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run on
//
Phrase, Verb
russell
/x
Name
safe
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
salient
/xx
Adjective, Noun
salt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
satisfy
/xx
Verb
savage
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
scan
/
Noun, Verb
scathing
/x
Adjective
scheduled
/x
Adjective, Noun
sclera
/x
Noun
scott
/
Name
scratching
/x
Noun
scrutiny
/xx
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
secret
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
seen
/
Verb, Noun
selfish
/x
Adjective
sensitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
serious
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
serrated
/xx
Adjective
severe
x/
Adjective, Noun
sharpe
/
Name, Adjective
sharpened
/x
Adjective
sharper
/x
Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shrewd
/
Adjective
shrill
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
shut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sight
/
Noun, Verb
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
sit
/
Verb, Noun
sitter
/x
Noun
sizeable
/xx
Adjective
slanted
/x
Adjective
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Adjective
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
smart
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
smudged
/
Adjective
snapping
/x
Noun
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
sour
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
spectacular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stabbing
/x
Noun, Adjective
stabilize
/xx
Verb
stack
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
standpoint
/x
Noun
stark
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steal
/
Verb, Noun
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stewart
/x
Name
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stiff
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
store
/
Noun, Verb
stow
/
Name, Verb
strict
/
Adjective
striking
/x
Adjective, Noun
stringent
/x
Adjective
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
stronghold
/x
Noun
study
/x
Noun, Verb
subsistence
x/x
Noun
substantial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
sudden
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
supervision
xx/x
Noun
support
x/
Noun, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
surge
/
Noun, Verb
surveillance
x/x
Noun
survive
x/
Verb
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
sustenance
/xx
Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
tapered
/x
Adjective
tart
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
telescopic
xx/x
Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
tenacious
x/x
Adjective
that
/
Adverb, Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
thompson
/x
Name
thorny
/x
Adjective
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tooth
/
Noun, Verb
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
treble
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
tremendous
x/x
Adjective
trenchant
/x
Adjective
trough
/
Noun, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
uncommonly
x/xx
Adverb
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
unfair
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Adjective, Verb
unpleasant
x/x
Adjective
unseeing
x/x
Adjective
update
x/
Noun, Verb
uphold
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Verb, Noun
vast
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Adjective, Noun
vehement
/xx
Adjective
vertiginous
/xxx
Adjective
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
vibrant
/x
Adjective, Noun
vicious
/x
Adjective, Noun
view
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Noun, Verb
viewpoint
/x
Noun
vigilance
/xx
Noun
vigilant
/xx
Adjective
vigorous
/xx
Adjective
violent
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
vista
/x
Noun, Verb
visual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
vivid
/x
Adjective, Noun
wait
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Verb, Noun
walnuts
/x
Noun, Verb
want
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Verb, Noun
warden
/x
Noun, Verb
wary
/x
Adjective
wash out
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Phrase, Verb
watch
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Verb, Noun
way
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Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
wear
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Verb, Noun
wilson
/x
Name
win
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Verb, Noun
wink
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Noun, Verb
wish
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Verb, Noun
withhold
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Verb, Noun
wright
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Name, Verb
your
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