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accede
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Verb, Verb
access
/x
Noun, Verb
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplished
x/x
Adjective
accomplishments
x/xx
Noun
achieve
x/
Verb
achievements
x/x
Noun
acquire
x/x
Verb
actions
/x
Noun
activities
x/xx
Noun
acts
/
Noun
adapt
x/
Verb, Adjective
add up
//
Phrase, Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
administer
x/xx
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
advanced
x/
Adjective
adventurous
x/xx
Adjective
affaires
x/
Noun
affairs
x/
Noun
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
afflictions
x/x
Noun
afraid
x/
Adjective
again
x/
Adverb
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
agree
x/
Verb
aims
/
Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
allure
x/
Noun, Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
among
x/
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
anatomy
x/xx
Noun
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
any
/x
Adverb
appear
x/
Verb
appearance
x/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
are
/
Noun
areas
/xx
Noun
arguments
/xx
Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrangement
x/x
Noun
arrive
x/
Verb
artefacts
/x/
Noun
articles
/xx
Noun
articulate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
artifacts
/xx
Noun
asia
/x
Name
aspects
/x
Noun
assailed
x/
Verb
assertions
x/x
Noun
assets
/x
Noun
assist
x/
Verb, Noun
attain
x/
Verb
attend
x/
Verb
attracted
x/x
Adjective
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
beings
/x
Noun
belong
x/
Verb
bent
/
Noun, Adjective
beryl
/x
Noun, Adjective
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
between
x/
Noun
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
blessings
/x
Noun
block
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bluntness
/x
Noun
bod
/
Noun
body
/x
Noun, Verb
born
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
brightness
/x
Noun
bring
/
Verb
buffer
/x
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
came
/
Noun
carefree
/x
Adjective
carve
/
Verb, Noun
cases
/x
Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cats
/
Adjective
causes
/x
Adjective
changes
/x
Noun
characteristics
xxx/x
Noun
chassis
/x
Noun
chip
/
Noun, Verb
choses
/x
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circumstances
/xxx
Verb
clay
/
Noun, Verb
clothes
/
Noun
clutter
/x
Noun, Verb
coil
/
Noun, Verb
column
/x
Noun
combination
xx/x
Noun
come in
/x
Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
come up to
///
Phrase, Verb
comforts
/x
Noun
comments
/x
Noun
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
composition
xx/x
Noun
comprise
x/
Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
concavity
x/xx
Noun
conceive
x/
Verb
concepts
/x
Verb
concerns
x/
Noun, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
cone
/
Noun, Verb
configuration
xxx/x
Noun
configure
x/x
Verb
conformation
xx/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
connexion
x/x
Noun
considerations
xxx/x
Noun
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
constitution
xx/x
Noun
construct
x/
Verb, Noun
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contour
/x
Noun, Verb
converted
x/x
Adjective
convexity
x/xx
Noun
corps
/
Noun
counts
/
Noun
craft
/
Noun, Verb
cravings
/x
Noun
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
creation
x/x
Noun
creatures
/x
Noun
cropped
/
Adjective
crossed
/
Adjective
crystallize
/xx
Verb
culminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
cup
/
Noun, Verb
curvature
/xx
Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
customize
/xx
Verb
dare
/
Verb, Noun
decide
x/
Verb
deeds
/
Noun
define
x/
Verb, Noun
definite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
deform
x/
Verb, Adjective
delineate
x/xx
Verb
demands
x/
Noun, Verb
depart
x/
Verb, Noun
derive
x/
Verb
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
design
x/
Noun, Verb
details
x/
Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
developments
x/xx
Noun
devise
x/
Verb, Noun
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
disembark
xx/
Verb
dish
/
Noun, Verb
distanced
/x
Verb
distort
x/
Verb, Adjective
distortion
x/x
Noun
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dossiers
x/
Noun
dots
/
Noun
drafting
/x
Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
draw in
/x
Phrase, Verb
dreams
/
Verb
dullness
/x
Noun
duties
/x
Noun
editorial
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
effigy
/xx
Noun
elaborate
x/x
Adjective, Verb
elements
/xx
Noun
emanate
/xx
Verb
embodiment
x/xx
Noun
embody
x/x
Verb
emerge
x/
Verb, Noun
enacted
x/x
Verb
encircle
x/x
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entities
/xx
Noun
entry
/x
Noun
errands
/x
Noun
establish
x/x
Verb
eternity
x/xx
Noun
events
x/
Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
evolved
x/
Adjective
examples
x/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
facets
/x
Verb
factors
/x
Noun
facts
/
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fare
/
Noun, Verb
fashion
/x
Noun, Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
features
/x
Noun, Verb
fields
/
Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
find
/
Verb, Noun
finished
/x
Adjective
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fitness
/x
Noun
flare
/
Noun, Verb
flatten
/x
Verb
flesh
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
foolishness
/xx
Noun
forge
/
Verb, Noun
fork
/
Noun, Verb
form
/
Noun, Verb
forma
/x
Verb
formal
/x
Adjective, Noun
formality
x/xx
Noun
format
/x
Noun, Verb
formation
x/x
Noun
forme
/
Noun
formulate
/xx
Verb
formulation
xx/x
Noun
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fractal
/x
Adjective, Noun
frame
/
Noun, Verb
functions
/x
Noun
furlough
/x
Noun, Verb
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
geometry
x/xx
Noun
gestalt
xx
Noun
gestures
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
get along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get in
/x
Phrase, Verb
gifts
/
Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
glands
/
Noun
goals
/
Adjective
gone
/
Adjective
gonna
/x
Verb
goodies
/x
Verb
govern
/x
Verb, Noun
graces
/x
Noun
grounds
/
Noun
grown
/
Adjective
guide
/
Noun, Verb
guise
/
Noun, Verb
hail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
handcrafted
/xx
Adjective
happen
/x
Verb, Adverb
happiest
/xx
Adjective
have
/
Verb, Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hey
/
Name
hiccup
/x
Noun, Verb
hill
/
Noun, Verb
hints
/
Noun, Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
how
/
Adverb, Noun
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
ideas
x/x
Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
in
x
Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
incidents
/xx
Adjective
include
x/
Verb, Noun
income
/x
Noun
index
/x
Noun, Verb
individuals
xx/xx
Verb
influence
/xx
Noun, Verb
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
initiatives
x/xx
Noun
inlet
/x
Noun, Verb
input
/x
Noun, Verb
intervene
xx/
Verb
issues
/x
Verb
items
/x
Noun
join
/
Verb, Noun
journeyed
/x
Noun
junk
/
Noun, Verb
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keenness
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
land
/
Noun, Verb
landform
/x
Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
layout
/x
Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
learn
/
Verb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lessons
/x
Adjective
let
/
Verb, Noun
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
likenesses
/xx
Noun
line
/
Noun, Verb
link
/
Noun, Verb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
location
x/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lost
/
Adjective
loudness
/x
Noun
luggage
/x
Noun
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
made
/
Noun
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
managed
/x
Verb
manner
/x
Noun
marks
/
Noun
materialize
x/xxx
Verb
matters
/x
Verb
meanings
/x
Noun
means
/
Noun
measures
/x
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
messages
/xx
Noun
method
/x
Noun, Verb
microstructural
/x/xx
Adjective
modality
x/xx
Noun
mode
/
Noun
model
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
modus
/x
Noun
mold
/
Noun, Verb
monsters
/x
Verb
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
morph
/
Noun, Verb
morphologic
xx/x
Adjective
mosaic
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mould
/
Noun, Verb
mound
/
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
move in
/x
Phrase, Verb
muff
/
Noun, Verb
narrowing
/xx
Noun
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
number
/x
Noun, Verb
object
/x
Noun, Verb
objectives
x/x
Noun
observations
xx/x
Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
occur
x/
Verb
occurrences
x/xx
Noun
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
operate
/xx
Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
organise
xxx
Verb
organisms
/xxx
Noun
organize
/xx
Verb
orient
/xx
Name, Verb, Adjective
origin
/xx
Noun
originate
x/xx
Verb
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
outnumber
x/x
Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
parse
/
Verb, Noun
participate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
parts
/
Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
perceptual
x/xx
Adjective
person
/x
Noun, Verb
phenomena
x/xx
Verb
phonological
xx/xx
Adjective
physical fitness
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective
physiognomy
xxxxx
Noun
physique
x/
Noun
pictures
/x
Noun
pieces
/x
Noun
pillar
/x
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
playthings
/x
Noun
please
/
Verb, Adverb
pleasures
/x
Noun
plume
/
Noun, Verb
points
/
Noun
possessions
x/x
Noun
posture
/x
Noun, Verb
practices
/xx
Noun
prepare
x/
Verb, Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
problems
/x
Noun
proceed
x/
Verb
produce
x/
Verb, Noun
products
/x
Noun
profile
/x
Noun, Verb
progressed
x/
Verb
property
/xx
Noun, Verb
proposals
x/x
Noun
propose
x/
Verb, Noun
provide
x/
Verb
puddle
/x
Noun, Verb
pull in
/x
Phrase, Verb
purposes
/xx
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
questions
/x
Noun
reach
/
Verb, Noun
realities
x/xx
Noun
reasons
/x
Noun
received
x/
Adjective
recipe
/xx
Noun
redaction
x/x
Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
reflections
x/x
Noun
regulate
/xx
Verb
remarks
x/
Noun, Verb
requests
x/
Noun
reshape
x/
Verb
reshaping
x/x
Noun
respects
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
ride
/
Noun, Verb
ridge
/
Noun, Verb
ripe
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
risen
/x
Adjective, Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
roughness
/x
Noun
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
round off
//
Phrase, Verb
round out
//
Phrase, Verb
rung
/
Noun, Adjective
scallop
/x
Noun, Verb
sculpt
/
Verb, Noun
sculpture
/x
Noun, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
seek
/
Verb, Noun
semantic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
send
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
set down
//
Phrase, Verb
setup
/x
Noun, Verb
sex
/
Noun, Verb
shaped
/
Adjective
sharpness
/x
Noun
sheet
/
Noun, Verb
shifter
/x
Noun
shore
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
show
/
Verb, Noun
sights
/
Noun
silhouette
xx/
Noun, Verb
sinter
/x
Noun, Verb
sit
/
Verb, Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
size
/
Noun, Verb
skip
/
Verb, Noun
sleeves
/
Noun
sliver
/x
Noun, Verb
solid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
soma
/x
Noun
sort
/
Noun, Verb
sourced
/
Verb, Adjective
spend
/
Verb, Noun
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
statements
/x
Noun
status
/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steer
/
Verb, Noun
stem
/
Noun, Verb
step
/
Noun, Verb
stiffness
/x
Noun
stories
/x
Noun
straightness
/x
Noun
strain
/
Noun, Verb
strand
/
Noun, Verb
strike
/
Noun, Verb
structure
/x
Noun, Verb
stuff
/
Noun, Verb
style
/
Noun, Verb
subjects
/x
Verb
submit
x/
Verb
substances
/xx
Noun
succeed
x/
Verb
summon
/x
Verb, Noun
syntactic
//x
Adjective
tabled
/x
Verb
tailor
/x
Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Noun
targets
/x
Noun
tasks
/
Noun
temptations
x/x
Noun
terrace
/x
Noun, Verb
textural
/xx
Adjective
that
/
Adverb, Noun
themes
/
Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
thoughts
/
Verb
throw
/
Verb, Noun
tie
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
tips
/
Noun
topics
/x
Noun
topography
x/xx
Noun
topological
xx/xx
Adjective
total
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
toys
/
Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
transform
x/
Verb, Noun
travel
/x
Noun, Verb
traversed
/x
Verb
triangle
/xx
Noun
tricks
/
Noun
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
twist
/
Noun, Verb
two
/
Noun
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upcoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
upset
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
visions
/x
Noun
visit
/x
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
walk
/
Verb, Noun
wanna
/x
Noun
want
/
Verb, Noun
wav
/
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
were
x
Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
widgets
/x
Noun
will
/
Verb, Noun
wine
/
Noun, Verb
wording
/x
Noun
you
/
Verb, Noun
zombies
/x
Noun