prior -
Relating to or concerning earlier events or actions.
She was unable to attend due to a prior commitment.
adjective
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Sound
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mute -
Being silent
When Betty asked her boss if she could expect a raise in the next year, his mute response implied that the answer was 'No'.
adjective
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Beautiful
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majestic -
Having or showing impressive beauty or dignity
The majestic snow-capped mountains were part of nature's true beauty.
verb
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Pleasure
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imbibe -
To drink a liquid, usually alcohol.
Every day after work, Lenny would head to the neighborhood bar and imbibe one beer.
verb
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War
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infiltrate -
To secretly enter a place, organization, or group, often for spying or sabotage.
The undercover agent was able to infiltrate the criminal organization without being detected.
verb
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Bad /
Attack
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clash -
To meet and come into violent conflict
The police clashed with rioters in the streets as they tried to restore order.
adjective
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Smart-Adj
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inventive -
Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.
To be inventive and creative means examining assumptions, thinking out of-the-box, and seeing things in new ways.
noun
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Energy
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breakthrough -
A sudden, important discovery or development.
He had a creative breakthrough that helped finish the novel.
adjective
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Inward
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vain -
Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth
As an extremely vain man, Pete would constantly check his appearance in the mirror for imperfections.
noun
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War
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bulwark -
A defensive wall
The soldiers had planned to attack, but the bulwark fortification that the enemy had built around themselves was too high to climb, and there didn't seem to be any way over, around, or through.
noun
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Bad
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travesty -
A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
In our court system, a travesty of justice typically occurs when the little guy goes against powerful interests and loses.
noun
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War
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skirmish -
A brief and usually unplanned fight during a war
When a skirmish developed with the British army, the Revolutionaries had to make do with what weapons they had with them at the time.
