5 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
Example sentence • The school staff organized a field trip for the students.
4 1 noun n adjective
• (of siblings) related through one parent only
noun
• one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
adverb
• partially or to the extent of a half
adjective satellite
• consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
Example sentence • I ate half of the pizza.
5 1 verb v Example sentence • She laughed at his joke.
5 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
verb
• be silly or tease one another
Example sentence • He blew away the chaff from the wheat using a fan.
4 1 noun n noun
• young of domestic cattle
Example sentence • The farmer took the calf to the barn.
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
Example sentence • He forgot to remove the gaff from the hook before casting his fishing line.
4 1 verb, noun v, n
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Example sentence • We won a prize in the raff .
5 1 noun n noun
• a socially awkward or tactless act
Example sentence • He committed a gaffe when he accidentally called his boss by the wrong name.
5 1 verb v verb
• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
Example sentence • He quaffed the entire bottle of champagne at the party.
7 2 noun n noun
• tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
Example sentence • The giraffe ate leaves from the tall tree.
8 2 noun n noun
• disparaging terms for the common people
Example sentence • The club was known for attracting a rough crowd of riffraff .
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• informal British term for a cafe
3 1
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4 1 verb v
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4 1 noun n noun
• A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
verb
• To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.
Example sentence • She picked a beautiful daff from her garden.
7 2 noun n noun
• the sphere of work by women
adjective satellite
• characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
Example sentence • The distaff is a tool used in spinning to hold the unspun fibers.
9 2 noun n noun
• a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
Example sentence • The flagstaff at the top of the building proudly displayed the national flag.
9 2 noun n Example sentence • He leaned on his pikestaff while waiting for the bus.
5 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
verb
• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
Example sentence • He has a persistent cough that won't go away.
9 3 verb, noun v, n noun
• something written by one's own hand
verb
• mark with one's signature
Example sentence • I asked the celebrity for an autograph after the show.
6 2 noun n noun
• as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of')
Example sentence • I spoke on behalf of the team during the meeting.
10 3 verb, noun v, n noun
• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
verb
• record on photographic film
Example sentence • I framed the photograph and hung it on the wall.
6 1 verb v noun
• a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball
verb
• strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first
5 1 verb, noun v, n
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4 1 noun, adjective n, adj Example sentence • That movie was really naff . I didn't enjoy it at all.
4 1 verb, noun v, n
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Example sentence • I love to eat waff for breakfast with maple syrup.
4 1 verb v
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Example sentence • I heard a yaffing sound coming from the tree.
5 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes
verb
• represent by means of a graph
Example sentence • The bar graph clearly showed the increase in sales over the past year.
4 1 noun n noun
• someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
Example sentence • The prof gave us an extension on the assignment.
4 1 noun n noun
• a second-year undergraduate
Example sentence • She is currently a soph in high school.
6 2 noun n noun
• rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes
Example sentence • I ordered a delicious chicken pilaff for lunch.
10 3 noun n noun
• a drink made of beer and lemonade
Example sentence • He ordered a shandygaff at the bar.
8 2 noun n noun
• staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
Example sentence • The judge called for the tipstaff to bring the witness to court.
10 2 noun n noun
• A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
Example sentence • The chiffchaff is a small Eurasian warbler with greenish-brown plumage.
9 2 noun n
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Example sentence • He leaned on his cowlstaff as he walked down the street.
9 3 verb v verb
• To furnish with too many staff.
Example sentence • The company decided to overstaff the customer service department to handle the increase in calls.
7 2 verb v
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Example sentence • The company decided to restaff the entire department after a series of resignations.
9 2 noun n noun
• Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.
Example sentence • The waitstaff at the restaurant was friendly and attentive.
5 2 noun n noun
• coffee with the caffeine removed
Example sentence • I prefer drinking decaf in the evening.
7 3 noun n noun
• an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
Example sentence • His epitaph reads, 'Gone but never forgotten.'
9 3 noun n noun
• handwritten book or document
Example sentence • He showed me his collection of holographs of famous paintings.
9 3 noun n noun
• a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject
Example sentence • She is currently writing a monograph on the history of architecture.
9 3 verb, noun v, n noun
• one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
verb
• divide into paragraphs, as of text
Example sentence • Please write a paragraph describing your favorite vacation destination.
10 3 noun n noun
• machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
Example sentence • I found an old phonograph at a flea market.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
Example sentence • He was asked to take a polygraph test to prove his innocence.
9 3 noun n noun
• apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
verb
• send cables, wires, or telegrams
Example sentence • He sent a telegraph to his family announcing his safe arrival.
5 1 noun n noun
• spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
Example sentence • A staph infection can cause skin boils.
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Example sentence • She wore a beautiful coif adorned with feathers to the royal ball.
4 1 noun n noun
• the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Example sentence • In numerology, kaph represents the number twenty.
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