Word * | Part of Speech | Definition | Audio Available? |
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appeal | Verb | To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court | Yes |
appeal | Verb | To call upon another to decide a question, to confirm, strengthen, or support a statement | Yes |
appeal | Verb | To be attractive | Yes |
appeal | Noun | An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review | Yes |
appeal | Noun | The right of appeal in law | Yes |
appeal | Noun | An accusation; | Yes |
appeal | Noun | An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices | Yes |
appeal | Noun | A summons to answer to a charge | Yes |
appeal | Noun | A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision | Yes |
appeal | Noun | Resort to physical means; recourse | Yes |
appear | Verb | To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible | Yes |
appear | Verb | To come before the public | Yes |
appear | Verb | To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or similar | Yes |
appear | Verb | To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension | Yes |
appear | Verb | To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look | Yes |
appease | Verb | To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel anger or hatred | Yes |
acquire | Verb | To get | Yes |
acquire | Verb | To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own | Yes |
assign | Verb | To designate or set apart something for some purpose | Yes |
assign | Verb | To appoint or select someone for some office | Yes |
assign | Verb | To allot or give something as a task | Yes |
assign | Verb | To attribute or sort something into categories | Yes |
assign | Verb | To transfer property, a legal right, etc. from one person to another | Yes |
demise | Noun | The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter | Yes |
demise | Noun | Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference | Yes |
demise | Noun | Death | Yes |
comprise | Verb | To be made up of; to consist of | Yes |
comprise | Verb | To include, to contain | Yes |
comprise | Verb | To compose | Yes |
discreet | Adjective | Respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic | Yes |
discreet | Adjective | Not drawing attention, anger, or challenge; inconspicuous | Yes |
extreme | Adjective | Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost | Yes |
extreme | Adjective | In the greatest or highest degree; intense | Yes |
extreme | Adjective | Excessive, or far beyond the norm | Yes |
extreme | Adjective | Drastic, or of great severity | Yes |
extreme | Adjective | Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment | Yes |
extreme | Noun | The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition | Yes |
extreme | Noun | Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale | Yes |
extreme | Noun | A drastic expedient | Yes |
impeach | Verb | To hinder | Yes |
impeach | Verb | To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, to remove them from office for misbehavior | Yes |
impeach | Verb | To discredit an individual or group with presumed expertise | Yes |
disguise | Noun | Clothing people put on in order to hide their identity | Yes |
disguise | Noun | The appearance of something on the outside which masks what is beneath | Yes |
disguise | Verb | To change the appearance of something so as to hide identity | Yes |
disguise | Verb | To prevent giving away or revealing something secret | Yes |
ignite | Verb | To set fire to something, to light something | Yes |
ignite | Verb | To enthuse | Yes |
inquire | Verb | To ask about | Yes |
inquire | Verb | To make an inquiry, or an investigation | Yes |
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