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- league
- any of various units of distance from about 2.4 to 4.6 statute miles (3.9 to 7.4 kilometers); 2 : an association of persons or groups united for common interests or goals .
- grove
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a small wood; especially : a group of trees without underbrush
- peach
- 1. a sweet juicy fruit with white or yellow flesh, a thin fuzzy skin, and a single seed enclosed in a rough stony covering that is produced by a low spreading Chinese tree related to the plums and cherries and grown in most temperate areas; also : this tree 2 : a moderate yellowish pink
- gross
- causing disgust or distaste; 144; vulgar.
- breathe
- 1 : to draw air into and expel it from the lungs;
- slice
- 1.a : a thin flat piece cut from something b : a wedge-shaped piece (as of pie or cake); 2. the flight of a ball curving to the right when hit by someone right-handed or to the left when hit by someone left-handed.
- thigh
- the part of the leg that extends from the hip to the knee
- quote
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1 : to repeat (someone else's words) exactly
; 2. 2 : to give as an example; 3. to set off written material by quotation marks
- bait
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1 : to torment by repeated attacks; 2 : to torment (an animal) with dogs; 3 : to put bait on or in
. - stroke
- 1 : to rub gently in one direction; 2 : to pass the hand over gently in kindness or tenderness.
- bride
- a woman just married or about to be married
- slope
- something that slants, like a ski slope
- trait
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1 : a quality that sets one person or thing off from another : PECULIARITY 2
; 2 : an inherited characteristic . - roast
- 1.to cook with dry heat (as in an oven); 2. to be or make very hot; 3. to criticize severely in either a serious or joking way.
- theme
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1 a : a subject for a work of literature, art, or music
b : a specific and distinctive quality, characteristic, or concern ; 2 : a written exercise : COMPOSITION. - globe
- a round object: as a : a model of the earth or heavens
- squeeze
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1 a : to press together from the opposite sides of : COMPRESS
b : to get by squeezing c : to force or thrust by compression : CROWD ; 2 a : to force (as by threats) money, goods, or services from b : to reduce the amount of ; 3 : to gain or win by a narrow margin. - praise
- 1 : to express approval of (commend); 2. : to glorify (a god or a saint) especially in song.
- spike
- 1 : a very large nail; 2 a : one of the metal objects set in the sole and heel of a shoe (as a baseball shoe) to prevent slipping b plural : a pair of shoes having spikes; 3 : an unbranched antler of a young deer; 4 : the act or an instance of spiking (as in volleyball); 5 : a pointed element (as in a graph).
- prime
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1 : the first part : the earliest stage; 2.the most vigorous, prosperous, or satisfying stage or period
; 3. the best individual or part.