5 1 noun n noun
• a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
Example sentence • Let's play a game of fives .
5 1 noun n noun
• an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
Example sentence • She broke out in hives after eating shellfish.
5 1 verb v noun
• a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
Example sentence • He dives into the pool with a perfect form.
8 2 noun n noun
• collection of records especially about an institution
Example sentence • The library has an extensive collection of historical archives .
6 2 noun n noun
• small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
adjective satellite
• of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
Example sentence • She loves to eat black olives straight from the jar.
6 1 noun n noun
• perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
Example sentence • I sprinkled chives over the baked potato.
5 1 verb v noun
• the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
verb
• cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
Example sentence • He gives money to charity every month.
5 1 verb v noun
• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
verb
• dance to jive music; dance the jive
Example sentence • The band played a funky tune that really jives with the crowd.
5 1 verb v verb
• tear or be torn violently
Example sentence • He rives the wood with an axe to make firewood.
6 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
Example sentence • He picked up the shives of wood from the floor.
7 1 verb, adverb v, adv verb
• grant remission of a sin to
Example sentence • The priest shrives the penitent during confession.
6 1 verb v Example sentence • He always skives off work on Fridays.
6 1 verb v
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7 1 verb v Example sentence • She thrives in a fast-paced work environment.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj adjective
• relating to the ablative case
noun
• the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
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• tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature
Example sentence • There are different functions of ablatives in Latin grammar.
9 3 noun n noun
• a substance that abrades or wears down
Example sentence • She used abrasives to clean the stubborn stains on the kitchen countertop.
11 4 noun n adjective
• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
noun
• the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
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• containing or expressing accusation
Example sentence • In Latin, accusatives are marked by a specific case ending.
7 2 noun, adjective n, adj adjective
• tending to become more severe or wider in scope
noun
• chemical agent capable of activity
adjective satellite
• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
Example sentence • The actives in the skincare product help to reduce wrinkles.
9 3 noun n adjective
• designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
noun
• something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
Example sentence • Many processed foods contain additives to enhance flavor and preserve freshness.
9 3 noun n noun
• a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
Example sentence • I need to buy some adhesives for my DIY project.
10 3 noun n adjective
• of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
noun
• a word that expresses an attribute of something
Example sentence • She used several adjectives to explain the mysterious situation.
10 3 noun n
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Example sentence • The dictionary defines 'adventives ' as the words borrowed from foreign languages that have become fully assimilated into a language.
12 4 adverb, noun adv, n
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Example sentence • Some common adversatives include 'but', 'however', 'nevertheless', and 'in contrast'.
12 4 noun n adjective
• affirming or giving assent
Example sentence • He always responded with firm affirmatives to show his agreement.
12 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
Example sentence • English affricatives include the sounds /tʃ/ (ch) and /dʒ/ (j).
9 3 noun n
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Example sentence • 'Singer' and 'actor' are examples of agentives .
8 3 noun n noun
• A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Example sentence • The alewives return to their spawning grounds every spring.
12 4 noun n noun
• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
adjective satellite
• serving or used in place of another
Example sentence • There are many alternatives to traditional medicine.
12 4 noun n noun
• any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing
Example sentence • Some antitussives work by numbing the cough reflex in the throat.
12 4 noun n adjective
• pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
noun
• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
adjective satellite
• inclined to or serving for the giving of names
Example sentence • In some cultures, there are numerous appellatives used to address elders.
11 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• (grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
Example sentence • My teacher taught us about appositives in grammar class.
12 4 noun n adjective
• of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
Example sentence • In the English language, adjectives are often used as attributives .
9 3 noun n
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13 4 noun n
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Example sentence • In some languages, augmentatives are formed by adding a suffix to a base word.
9 3 noun n
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Example sentence • Psychologists use aversives to discourage certain behaviors in therapy.
10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• A drug with calming effects.
Example sentence • Doctors often prescribed calmatives to patients with anxiety disorders.
8 2 noun n noun
• a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
Example sentence • The captives were treated harshly by their kidnappers.
12 4 noun n noun
• medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing
adjective satellite
• relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)
Example sentence • Many herbal remedies are considered carminatives .
10 3 noun n Example sentence • In sentence structure, causatives are typically formed with a verb followed by an object and a complement.
9 3 verb v
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Example sentence • The scientist coderives a new theory based on his research findings.
8 2 verb, noun v, n
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Example sentence • She codrives with her husband on long road trips.
11 3 noun n adjective
• forming a whole or aggregate
noun
• members of a cooperative enterprise
adjective satellite
• done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
Example sentence • The collectives in our community work together to promote sustainable farming practices.
12 4 noun n adjective
• relating to or based on or involving comparison
noun
• the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
Example sentence • I prefer to study comparatives rather than superlatives in grammar.
12 3 noun n adjective
• serving or tending to connect
noun
• an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
adjective satellite
• involving the joint activity of two or more
Example sentence • Some common conjunctives include 'and', 'but', 'or', 'because', and 'although'.
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