| Word * | Part of Speech | Definition | Audio Available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| parole | Noun | The release of a prisoner on the understanding that he/she checks in regularly and obeys the law | Yes |
| parole | Noun | The amount of time a prisoner spends on limited release | Yes |
| parole | Noun | A limited sense of freedom | Yes |
| before | Preposition | Earlier than | Yes |
| before | Preposition | In front of | Yes |
| before | Preposition | In front of, according to the system of ordering items | Yes |
| before | Adverb | At an earlier time | Yes |
| before | Adverb | In advance | Yes |
| before | Conjunction | In advance of the time when | Yes |
| before | Conjunction | Rather or sooner than | Yes |
| indulge | Verb | To take pleasure in | Yes |
| indulge | Verb | To satisfy the wishes of; to give in to | Yes |
| repulse | Verb | To repel or drive back | Yes |
| repulse | Verb | To reject or rebuff | Yes |
| repulse | Verb | To cause revulsion | Yes |
| repulse | Noun | The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed | Yes |
| repulse | Noun | Refusal, rejection, or repulsion | Yes |
| succumb | Verb | To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire | Yes |
| succumb | Verb | To give up, or give in | Yes |
| succumb | Verb | To die | Yes |
| affront | Verb | To insult intentionally, especially openly | Yes |
| affront | Verb | To meet defiantly; confront | Yes |
| affront | Noun | An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult | Yes |
| among | Preposition | Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects | Yes |
| among | Preposition | Denotes belonging to a group | Yes |
| among | Preposition | Denotes a shared or common feature | Yes |
| retake | Verb | To take something again, or to take something back | Yes |
| retake | Verb | To capture or occupy somewhere again | Yes |
| retake | Verb | To photograph or film again | Yes |
| retake | Noun | A scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again | Yes |
| retrace | Verb | To trace again; to go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery | Yes |
| repay | Verb | To pay back | Yes |
| delay | Noun | Previously unexpected period of time before an event occurs | Yes |
| delay | Verb | To put off until a later time; to distract | Yes |
| allay | Verb | To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm | Yes |
| allay | Verb | To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate | Yes |
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