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- to take into custody; capture; arrest (The police hoped to apprehend the suspect.)
- to understand; to grasp with the mind (It took me a while to apprehend what the teacher wanted.)
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- to greatly amaze; to astonish (This car's speed will astound you.)
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- not producing anything, such as crops or offspring (The dry land had been barren for years.)
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- an overcrowding; a clogging (Congestion on the highway slowed our travel.)
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- to accuse publicly; to criticize strongly (The senator will denounce the president's plan.)
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- hard-working; making a steady effort (Sally is diligent about doing her chores.)
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- to rule by strength or power; to be the most important; to control (The leader of the wolf pack dominates the other wolves.)
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- to send out; to give off (A fire emits heat.)
- to utter (A hungry lion may emit a terrifying roar.)
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- meaningless chatter; nonsense (Is he speaking a foreign language or just gibberish?)
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- a pretending to be what one is not; saying on thing and meaning another (It was a hipocrisy for a nation that celebrated freedom to allow slavery to exist.)
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- not capable of being entered or pass through (The thorny hedge was impenetrable.)
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- the fact of being likely to happen; something that is likely to happen (What is the likelihood that the meeting will start on time?)
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- done or felt by each of two people toward the other (We had a mutual affection for one another.)
- shared by all or common to all (The police and the neighborhood had a mutual interest in lowering the crime rate.)
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- out of the ordinary; different than most; strange (Pam has an offbeat sense of humor.)
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- to put an end to; to bring to an end; to stop (If there is any lightning, we will have to terminate the game.)
- to come to an end (The celebration will terminate with a fireworks display.)
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