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abcs
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Name
about
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Adverb, Adjective
absence
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Noun
accomplished
x/x
Adjective
account
x/
Noun, Verb
accuracy
/xxx
Noun
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
activator
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Noun
acts
/
Noun
actuality
xx/xx
Noun
actually
/xxx
Adverb
addendum
x/x
Noun
addition
x/x
Noun
affaire
x/
Noun
affairs
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Noun
against
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Noun
allergen
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Noun
amount
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Noun, Verb
antimatter
xx/x
Noun
anything
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Noun, Adverb
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
appearance
x/x
Noun
archer
/x
Noun
area
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Noun
argument
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Noun, Verb
asia
/x
Name
ask
/
Verb, Noun
aspects
/x
Noun
assumption
x/x
Noun
atom
/x
Noun
attention
x/x
Noun
attribute
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Noun, Verb
ballast
/x
Noun, Verb
banal
x/
Adjective
bargain
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Noun, Verb
basics
/x
Verb
basis
/x
Noun
because
x/
Adverb
bedding
/x
Noun
been
/
Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bodily
/xx
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
brain
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Noun, Verb
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bunch
/
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
busted
/x
Adjective
carcinogen
x/xx
Noun
cases
/x
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
character
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Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
chemistry
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Noun
circumstance
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Noun, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
combustible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
commonplace
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
commonsensical
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Adjective
competence
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Noun
competency
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Noun
complaint
x/
Noun
completed
x/x
Adjective
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
compound
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
concern
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Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
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Noun, Verb
consequent
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Adjective, Noun
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
constituents
x/xx
Noun
contents
/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
contrary
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
contrast
/x
Noun, Verb
convincing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
corollary
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Noun, Adjective
corps
/
Noun
cosmic
/x
Adjective
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crux
/
Noun
data
/x
Noun
dated
/x
Adjective
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deed
/
Noun, Verb
delivered
x/x
Adjective
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
desideratum
xx/xx
Noun
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
determinate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
developments
x/xx
Noun
difference
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Noun, Verb
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
discourse
/x
Noun, Verb
discussion
x/x
Noun
dispute
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Noun, Verb
docket
/x
Noun, Verb
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
does
/
Verb
domain
x/
Noun
dossier
x/
Noun
dot
/
Noun, Verb
doubt
/
Noun, Verb
drawback
/x
Noun
drift
/
Noun, Verb
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earth
/
Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
effectively
x/xx
Adverb
elements
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Noun
elsewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
emanation
xx/x
Noun
embargo
x/x
Noun, Verb
emphasis
/xx
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
episode
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Noun
essence
/x
Noun
events
x/
Noun
evidence
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Noun, Verb
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
existence
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
facto
/x
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
facts
/
Verb
factual
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Adjective, Noun
failure
/x
Noun
fait
/
Noun
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ferment
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Noun, Verb
fiction
/x
Noun
field
/
Noun, Verb
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
finding
/x
Noun
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
flippant
/x
Adjective
fluid
/x
Noun, Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
food
/
Noun
formless
/x
Adjective
forms
/
Noun
forthright
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
frage
x
Name
framework
/x
Noun
fruition
x/x
Noun
fuel
/x
Noun, Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
general
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
goes
/
Noun
goo
/
Noun, Verb
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gray
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grinding
/x
Noun, Adjective
group
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heft
/
Noun, Verb
history
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Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
importance
x/x
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
imports
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Noun
impressionistic
xxx/x
Adjective
inability
xx/xx
Noun
incident
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Noun, Adjective
inclusion
x/x
Noun
incorporeal
x/xx
Adjective
indeed
x/
Adverb
index
/x
Noun, Verb
indicator
/xxx
Noun
inertia
x/x
Noun
influence
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Noun, Verb
inhibitor
x/xx
Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
irrespective
xx/x
Adjective
issues
/x
Adjective
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
job
/
Noun, Verb
jocular
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Adjective
jurisdiction
xx/x
Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
lack
/
Noun, Verb
laconic
x/x
Adjective
leaven
/x
Noun, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lie
/
Verb, Noun
ligand
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Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
line
/
Noun, Verb
litter
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Noun, Verb
lot
/
Noun, Verb
lowdown
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Noun, Adjective
mailer
/x
Noun
makes
/
Verb
mass
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
materials
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Adjective
matter of fact
/x//
Phrase, Noun
matters
/x
Noun
means
/
Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
medium
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
mental
/x
Adjective, Noun
metabolite
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Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
mixture
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Noun
molecule
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Noun
motive
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
muck
/
Noun, Verb
myth
/
Noun
namely
/x
Adverb
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
necessities
x/xx
Noun
need
/
Verb, Noun
note
/
Noun, Verb
notion
/x
Noun
noumenal
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Adjective
nub
/
Noun, Verb
nutrient
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Adjective, Noun
objects
/x
Noun
observation
xx/x
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun, Verb
occurrence
x/x
Noun
offence
x/
Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ooze
/
Noun, Verb
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
opposite
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
organisms
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Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
owing
/x
Adjective
paragraph
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Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
particular
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Adjective, Noun
peculiarity
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Noun
perception
x/x
Noun
persistence
x/x
Noun
phenomenon
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Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
plan
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
poison
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Noun, Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
possibility
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Noun
postscript
/x
Noun, Verb
practice
/x
Noun, Verb
precisely
x/x
Adverb
precision
x/x
Noun, Adjective
precondition
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Noun, Verb
premise
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Noun, Verb
prerequisite
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Noun, Adjective
prerogative
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Noun, Adjective
presence
/x
Noun, Verb
press
/
Noun, Verb
primal
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
primordial
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Adjective, Noun
principle
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Noun, Verb
priority
x/xx
Noun
problems
/x
Noun
procedure
x/x
Noun
proceedings
x/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
products
/x
Noun
proposal
x/x
Noun
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
protoplasm
xxxx
Noun
publication
xx/x
Noun
punt
/
Noun, Verb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
purview
/x
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quality
/xx
Noun, Adjective
query
/x
Noun, Verb
questions
/x
Noun
quid
/
Noun, Verb
radical
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Adjective, Noun
rank
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
realities
x/xx
Noun
realization
/x/x
Noun
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
realm
/
Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recognition
xx/x
Noun
recognize
/xx
Verb
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
refrigerant
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Noun, Adjective
refusal
x/x
Noun
regardless
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
regards
x/
Noun
regret
x/
Noun, Verb
related
x/x
Adjective
relation
x/x
Noun
relative
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
relevant
/xx
Adjective
reliance
x/x
Noun
rely
x/
Verb
remainder
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
remit
x/
Noun, Verb
reported
x/x
Adjective
request
x/
Noun, Verb
requirement
x/x
Noun
residue
/xx
Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
role
/
Noun
rudiments
/xx
Noun
sake
/
Noun
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
satisfaction
xx/x
Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
science
/x
Noun, Verb
scope
/
Noun, Verb
score
/
Noun, Verb
sector
/x
Noun
sediment
/xx
Noun, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
selfsame
//
Noun, Adjective
sense
/
Noun, Verb
severe
x/
Adjective, Noun
shall
/
Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sift
/
Verb, Noun
significance
x/xx
Noun
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
signify
/xx
Verb
situation
xx/x
Noun
slime
/
Noun, Verb
slips
/
Noun
sludge
/
Noun, Verb
solid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
solute
xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
source
/
Noun, Verb
space
/
Noun, Verb
species
/x
Noun
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
sphere
/
Noun, Verb
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
spite
/
Noun, Verb
stake
/
Noun, Verb
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stellar
/x
Adjective
story
/x
Noun, Verb
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
stuff
/
Noun, Verb
subjects
/x
Verb
substances
/xx
Noun
substrate
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
supplement
/xx
Noun, Verb
system
/x
Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
task
/
Noun, Verb
tat
/
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
tema
/x
Noun
text
/
Noun, Verb
thematic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
theme
/
Noun, Verb
theory
/x
Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
toe
/
Noun, Verb
tom
/
Name, Verb
topics
/x
Verb
trick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trouble
/x
Noun, Verb
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
truth
/
Noun, Verb
truthful
/x
Adjective
typescript
/x
Noun, Verb
uncreated
xx/x
Adjective
unemotional
xx/xx
Adjective
universe
/xx
Noun
unknowable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
unsentimental
xxx/x
Adjective
urgency
/xx
Noun
view
/
Noun, Verb
virtue
/x
Noun
visible
/xx
Adjective
volatile
/xx
Adjective, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weigh
/
Verb, Noun
weight
/
Noun, Verb
well
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb