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field
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Noun, Verb
champaign
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Verb, Name, Adjective
dry
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
tailored
/x
Verb, Adjective
homely
/x
Adjective, Adjective
trim
/
Adjective, Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
stark
/
Adverb, Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
knit
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
solid
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
sheer
/
Adverb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
kick
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
popular
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Noun
austere
x/
Noun, Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
general
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
severe
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
complain
x/
Noun, Verb
manifest
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
apparently
x/xx
Noun, Adverb
literal
/xx
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
patent
/x
Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
evidently
/xxx
Adjective, Adverb
obviously
/xxx
Adverb, Adverb
obvious
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
apparent
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
evident
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
mere
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
chaste
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Verb, Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
unpretentious
xx/x
Verb, Adjective
direct
x/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
modest
/x
Verb, Adjective
pure
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
unadorned
xx/
Noun, Adjective
unattractive
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
featureless
/xx
Noun, Adjective
unmixed
x/
Adjective, Adjective
unvarnished
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
pure and simple
///x
Phrase, Adjective
sound off
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
fancy
/x
Noun, Noun
patterned
/x
Adjective, Adjective
bland
/
Noun
ordinary
/xxx
Adjective
boring
/x
Noun
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
flowery
/xx
Noun
thin
/
Adjective
drab
/
Noun
lame
/
Noun
banal
x/
Adjective
white
/
Name
dull
/
Adjective
thick
/
Adjective
nondescript
/x/
Adjective
pretty
/x
Adjective
pale
/
Adjective
flat
/
Adjective
insipid
x/x
Adjective
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
coarse
/
Adjective
unsophisticated
xx/xxx
Adjective
rather
/x
Adverb
hollow
/x
Noun
clear
/
Adjective
conventional
x/xx
Adjective
obscure
x/
Adjective
purely
/x
Adverb
basic
/x
Adjective
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
rectangular
x/xx
Adjective
striped
/
Adjective
flashy
/x
Adjective
usual
/xx
Adjective
unimaginative
xx/xxx
Adjective
beige
/
Noun
straightforward
//x
Adjective
ornate
x/
Adjective
little
/x
Adjective
dumb
/
Adjective
crass
/
Noun
downright
/x
Adjective
gaudy
/x
Adjective
unassuming
xx/x
Adjective
artless
/x
Adjective
decorative
/xx
Adjective
ugly
/x
Adjective
unadulterated
xx/xxx
Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective
veiled
/
Adjective
brown
/
Name
blue
/
Noun
monotonous
x/xx
Adjective
ornamented
/xxx
Verb
ignorant
/xx
Adjective
circular
/xx
Adjective
humdrum
/x
Noun
dense
/
Adjective
black
/
Name
blatantly
/xx
Adverb
corrugated
/xxx
Adjective
blindingly
/xx
Adverb
anodyne
/xx
Noun
ditch
/
Noun
elegant
/xx
Adjective
grey
/
Name
mundane
x/
Adjective
flimsy
/x
Adjective
stupid
/x
Adjective
frilly
/x
Adjective
colorful
/xx
Adjective
traditional
x/xx
Adjective
crude
/
Noun
fashioned
/x
Adjective
hackneyed
/x
Adjective
standard
/x
Noun
garish
/x
Adjective
skimpy
/x
Adjective
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
slick
/
Noun
utilitarian
xxx/xx
Adjective
trite
/
Adjective
bordered
/x
Verb
glaringly
/xx
Adverb
stolid
/x
Adjective
typical
/xx
Adjective
monochrome
/xx
Noun
sight
/
Noun
darn
/
Adjective
tasteless
/x
Adjective
vulgar
/x
Noun
homespun
/x
Noun
generic
x/x
Adjective
just
/
Adverb
plat
/
Noun
level
/x
Noun
lush
/
Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective
ploughed
/
Adjective
wide
/
Adjective
callow
/x
Noun
broken
/x
Adjective
rolling
/x
Noun
superficial
xx/x
Adjective
strait
/
Noun
physical
/xx
Adjective
topo
/x
Noun
cultivated
/xxx
Adjective
rejuvenated
x/xxx
Adjective
downhill
//
Noun
tilled
/
Adjective
weathered
/x
Adjective
corduroy
/xx
Noun
placer
/x
Noun
marginal
/xx
Adjective
deep
/
Adjective
plowed
/
Verb
battle
/x
Noun
fallow
/x
Noun
lower
/x
Adjective
lakefront
/x
Noun
single file
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
landed
/x
Verb
clearwater
/xx
Name
loam
/
Noun
nether
/x
Noun
swept
/
Noun
yogurt
/x
Noun
weave
/
Noun
sailing
/x
Noun
yoghurt
//
Noun
tiff
/
Noun
radiographs
/xxx
Noun
vanilla
x/x
Noun
sewing
/x
Noun
teeming
/x
Verb
radiography
xx/xx
Noun
needlework
/xx
Noun
commonsense
xx/
Noun
speaking
/x
Noun
swap
/
Noun
lidocaine
/xx
Noun
wrapper
/x
Noun
gelatin
/xx
Noun
html
x
Noun
english
/x
Name
aspirin
/x
Noun
dealing
/x
Noun
agar
/x
Noun
armour
/x
Noun, Verb
bagel
/x
Noun, Verb
bald
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
beauty
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
beef
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bemoan
x/
Verb
bitch
/
Noun, Verb
brush
/
Noun, Verb
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
candid
/x
Adjective, Noun
cheer
/
Noun, Verb
cheer up
//
Phrase, Verb
cimarron
/xx
Name
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
claire
/
Name
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clearly
/x
Adverb
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
commonplace
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
croak
/
Noun, Verb
definite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deplore
x/
Verb
deteriorate
x/xxx
Verb
different
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
esplanade
xx/
Noun
expanses
x/x
Noun
explicit
x/x
Adjective, Noun
flagrant
/x
Adjective
floodplain
/x
Noun
frank
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
frankly
/x
Adverb
ganges
/x
Name
grassland
/x
Noun
gripe
/
Noun, Verb
grouse
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
grumble
/x
Verb, Noun
holler
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
honest
/x
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
indexing
/xx
Noun
intelligible
x/xxx
Adjective
jane
/
Name
lament
x/
Noun, Verb
legible
/xx
Adjective
linen
/x
Noun, Adjective
lisa
/x
Name
lowland
/x
Noun
meadows
/x
Noun
ming
/
Name, Verb
moor
/
Noun, Verb
moorland
/x
Noun
murmur
/x
Noun, Verb
mutter
/x
Noun, Verb
nag
/
Noun, Verb
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
neutral
/x
Adjective, Noun
normal
/x
Adjective, Noun
olympia
x/xx
Name
outright
//
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
pampa
/x
Noun
peanut
/x
Noun, Verb
peck
/
Noun, Verb
plaid
/
Noun, Adjective
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plateau
x/
Noun, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prairie
/x
Noun
predominantly
x/xxx
Adverb
presentable
x/xx
Adjective
protest
/x
Noun, Verb
queen
/
Noun, Verb
rail
/
Noun, Verb
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
regions
/x
Noun
regret
x/
Noun, Verb
regular
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
report
x/
Noun, Verb
sahel
xx
Name
sandhills
/x
Noun
scold
/
Verb, Noun
simply
/x
Adverb
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sober
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
squawk
/
Noun, Verb
steppe
/
Noun
stretches
/x
Verb, Noun
transparent
x/x
Adjective
treeless
/x
Adjective
tundra
/x
Noun
unambiguous
xx/xx
Adjective
unclear
x/
Adjective, Verb
uncomplicated
x/xxx
Adjective
understandable
xx/xx
Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun