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resource
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noun |
That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support.
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hulpbron |
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respite
|
noun |
Interval of rest.
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uitstel |
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resplendent
|
adjective |
Very bright.
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pompeus |
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respondent
|
adjective |
Answering.
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respondent |
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restitution
|
noun |
Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.
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restitusie |
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resumption
|
noun |
The act of taking back, or taking again.
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hervatting |
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resurgent
|
adjective |
Surging back or again.
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herrysende |
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resurrection
|
noun |
A return from death to life
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opstanding |
| 🔊 9 |
resuscitate
|
verb |
To restore from apparent death.
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laat herleef |
| 🔊 10 |
retaliate
|
verb |
To repay evil with a similar evil.
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baklei |
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retch
|
verb |
To make an effort to vomit.
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kokhalzen |
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retention
|
noun |
The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession.
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behoud |
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reticence
|
noun |
The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
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aarseling |
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reticent
|
adjective |
Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
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terughoudend |
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retinue
|
noun |
The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
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aanhang |
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retort
|
noun |
A retaliatory speech.
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retort |
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retouch
|
verb |
To modify the details of.
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aanraak |
| 🔊 18 |
retrace
|
verb |
To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.
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ingegaan |
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retract
|
verb |
To recall or take back (something that one has said).
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trek |
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retrench
|
verb |
To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.
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afdank |
| 🔊 21 |
retrieve
|
verb |
To recover something by searching.
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haal |
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retroactive
|
adjective |
Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities.
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terugwerkende |
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retrograde
|
verb |
To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.
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agteruit |
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retrogression
|
noun |
A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.
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agteruitgang |
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retrospect
|
noun |
A view or contemplation of something past.
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terugblik |
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retrospective
|
adjective |
Looking back on the past.
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terugwerkende |
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reunite
|
verb |
To unite or join again, as after separation.
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herenig |
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revelation
|
noun |
A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.
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openbaring |
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revere
|
verb |
To regard with worshipful veneration.
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REVERE |
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reverent
|
adjective |
Humble.
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eerbiedige |
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reversion
|
noun |
A return to or toward some former state or condition.
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terugkeer |
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revert
|
verb |
To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like.
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terugkeer |
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revile
|
verb |
To heap approach or abuse upon.
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beledig |
| 🔊 34 |
revisal
|
noun |
Revision.
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revisal |
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revise
|
verb |
To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes.
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hersien |
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revocation
|
noun |
Repeal.
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herroeping |
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revoke
|
verb |
To rescind.
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herroep |
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rhapsody
|
noun |
Rapt or rapturous utterance.
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Rhapsody |
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rhetoric
|
noun |
The art of discourse.
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retoriek |
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ribald
|
adjective |
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.
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onvanpas |
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riddance
|
noun |
The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable.
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riddance |
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ridicule
|
noun |
Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.
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bespotting |
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ridiculous
|
adjective |
Laughable and contemptible.
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belaglik |
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rife
|
adjective |
Abundant.
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orde van die dag |
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righteousness
|
noun |
Rectitude.
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geregtigheid |
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rightful
|
adjective |
Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.
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regmatige |
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rigmarole
|
noun |
Nonsense.
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rompslomp |
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rigor
|
noun |
Inflexibility.
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rigor |
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ripplet
|
noun |
A small ripple, as of water.
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ripplet |
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risible
|
adjective |
capable of exciting laughter.
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lachwekkend |
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rivulet
|
noun |
A small stream or brook.
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stroompie |
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robust
|
adjective |
Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.
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robuuste |
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rondo
|
noun |
A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
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rondo |
| 🔊 54 |
rookery
|
noun |
A place where crows congregate to breed.
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Rookery |
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rotary
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adjective |
Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.
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roterende |
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rotate
|
verb |
To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel.
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draai |
| 🔊 57 |
rote
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noun |
Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.
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Rote |
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rotund
|
adjective |
Round from fullness or plumpness.
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welgedaan |
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rudimentary
|
adjective |
Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.
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rudimentêre |
| 🔊 60 |
rue
|
verb |
To regret extremely.
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rue |
| 🔊 61 |
ruffian
|
adjective |
A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
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skurk |
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ruminant
|
adjective |
Chewing the cud.
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herkouer |
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ruminate
|
verb |
To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
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herkou |
| 🔊 64 |
rupture
|
verb |
To separate the parts of by violence.
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verbreking |
| 🔊 65 |
rustic
|
adjective |
Characteristic of dwelling in the country.
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rustieke |
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ruth
|
noun |
Sorrow for another's misery.
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Rut |
| 🔊 67 |
sacrifice
|
verb |
To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
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opoffering |
| 🔊 68 |
sacrificial
|
adjective |
Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.
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opofferende |
| 🔊 69 |
sacrilege
|
noun |
The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
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heiligskennis |
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sacrilegious
|
adjective |
Impious.
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heilig |
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safeguard
|
verb |
To protect.
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beskerm |
| 🔊 72 |
sagacious
|
adjective |
Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
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intelligent |
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salacious
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adjective |
Having strong sexual desires.
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wulpse |
| 🔊 74 |
salience
|
noun |
The condition of standing out distinctly.
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opvallendheid |
| 🔊 75 |
salient
|
adjective |
Standing out prominently.
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opvallende |
| 🔊 76 |
saline
|
adjective |
Constituting or consisting of salt.
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sout |
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salutary
|
adjective |
Beneficial.
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heilsame |
| 🔊 78 |
salutation
|
noun |
Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
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groete |
| 🔊 79 |
salutatory
|
noun |
The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
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begroet nie |
| 🔊 80 |
salvage
|
noun |
Any act of saving property.
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herwinning |
| 🔊 81 |
salvo
|
noun |
A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
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salvo |
| 🔊 82 |
sanctimonious
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adjective |
Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
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skynheilige |
| 🔊 83 |
sanction
|
verb |
To approve authoritatively.
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sanksie |
| 🔊 84 |
sanctity
|
noun |
Holiness.
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heiligheid |
| 🔊 85 |
sanguinary
|
adjective |
Bloody.
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bloedige |
| 🔊 86 |
sanguine
|
adjective |
Having the color of blood.
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hoopvol |
| 🔊 87 |
sanguineous
|
adjective |
Consisting of blood.
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temperamentvol |
| 🔊 88 |
sapid
|
adjective |
Affecting the sense of taste.
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smaaklik |
| 🔊 89 |
sapience
|
noun |
Deep wisdom or knowledge.
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skyn wysheid |
| 🔊 90 |
sapient
|
adjective |
Possessing wisdom.
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SAPIENT |
| 🔇 |
sapiential
|
adjective |
Possessing wisdom.
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sapiential |
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saponaceous
|
adjective |
Having the nature or quality of soap.
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seep achtig |
| 🔊 93 |
sarcasm
|
noun |
Cutting and reproachful language.
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sarkasme |
| 🔊 94 |
sarcophagus
|
noun |
A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
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sarkofaag |
| 🔊 95 |
sardonic
|
adjective |
Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
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sardoniese |
| 🔊 96 |
satiate
|
verb |
To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.
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versadig |
| 🔊 97 |
satire
|
noun |
The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.
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satire |
| 🔊 98 |
satiric
|
adjective |
Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
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satiriese |
| 🔊 99 |
satirize
|
verb |
To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
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spot dryf |
| 🔊 100 |
satyr
|
noun |
A very lascivious person.
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sater |
| 🔊 101 |
savage
|
noun |
A wild and uncivilized human being.
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wrede |
| 🔊 102 |
savor
|
verb |
To perceive by taste or smell.
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geur |
| 🔊 103 |
scabbard
|
noun |
The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.
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skede |
| 🔊 104 |
scarcity
|
noun |
Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.
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skaarsheid |
| 🔊 105 |
scholarly
|
adjective |
Characteristic of an erudite person.
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vakkundige |
| 🔊 106 |
scholastic
|
adjective |
Pertaining to education or schools.
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skolastiese |
| 🔊 107 |
scintilla
|
noun |
The faintest ray.
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Scintilla |
| 🔊 108 |
scintillate
|
verb |
To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.
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flonkeren |
| 🔊 109 |
scope
|
noun |
A range of action or view.
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omvang |
| 🔊 110 |
scoundrel
|
noun |
A man without principle.
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skurk |
| 🔊 111 |
scribble
|
noun |
Hasty, careless writing.
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gekribbel |
| 🔊 112 |
scribe
|
noun |
One who writes or is skilled in writing.
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skrywer |
| 🔊 113 |
script
|
noun |
Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.
|
script |
| 🔊 114 |
Scriptural
|
adjective |
Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.
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Skriftuurlike |
| 🔊 115 |
scruple
|
noun |
Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
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zwarigheid |
| 🔊 116 |
scrupulous
|
adjective |
Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
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deurdagte |
| 🔊 117 |
scurrilous
|
adjective |
Grossly indecent or vulgar.
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vuilbekkig |
| 🔊 118 |
scuttle
|
verb |
To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.
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luikgat |
| 🔊 119 |
scythe
|
noun |
A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
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sens |
| 🔊 120 |
seance
|
noun |
A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.
|
seance |
| 🔊 121 |
sear
|
verb |
To burn on the surface.
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droog |
| 🔊 122 |
sebaceous
|
adjective |
Pertaining to or appearing like fat.
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talg |
| 🔊 123 |
secant
|
adjective |
Cutting, especially into two parts.
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snylyn |
| 🔊 124 |
secede
|
verb |
To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.
|
skei |
| 🔊 125 |
secession
|
noun |
Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.
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afstigting |
| 🔊 126 |
seclude
|
verb |
To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.
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afsonder |
| 🔊 127 |
seclusion
|
noun |
Solitude.
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afsondering |
| 🔊 128 |
second-rate
|
adjective |
Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.
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| 🔊 129 |
secondary
|
adjective |
Less important or effective than that which is primary.
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sekondêre |
| 🔊 130 |
secondly
|
adverb |
In the second place in order or succession.
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tweedens |
| 🔊 131 |
secrecy
|
noun |
Concealment.
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geheimhouding |
| 🔊 132 |
secretary
|
noun |
One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others.
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sekretaris |
| 🔊 133 |
secretive
|
adjective |
Having a tendency to conceal.
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geheimsinnig |
| 🔊 134 |
sedate
|
adjective |
Even-tempered.
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besadigde |
| 🔊 135 |
sedentary
|
adjective |
Involving or requiring much sitting.
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sittende |
| 🔊 136 |
sediment
|
noun |
Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
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sediment |
| 🔊 137 |
sedition
|
noun |
Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
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sedisie |
| 🔊 138 |
seditious
|
adjective |
Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
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opruiende |
| 🔊 139 |
seduce
|
verb |
To entice to surrender chastity.
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verlei |
| 🔊 140 |
sedulous
|
adjective |
Persevering in effort or endeavor.
|
ywerig |
| 🔊 141 |
seer
|
noun |
A prophet.
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siener |
| 🔊 142 |
seethe
|
verb |
To be violently excited or agitated.
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kook |
| 🔊 143 |
seismograph
|
noun |
An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
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seismograaf |
| 🔊 144 |
seize
|
verb |
To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
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gryp |
| 🔊 145 |
selective
|
adjective |
Having the power of choice.
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selektiewe |
| 🔊 146 |
self-respect
|
noun |
Rational self-esteem.
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| 🔊 147 |
semblance
|
noun |
Outward appearance.
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skyn |
| 🔊 148 |
semiannual
|
adjective |
Recurring at intervals of six months.
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half jaar |
| 🔊 149 |
semicircle
|
noun |
A half-circle.
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halfsirkel |
| 🔊 150 |
semicivilized
|
adjective |
Half-civilized.
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semicivilized |
| 🔊 151 |
seminar
|
noun |
Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
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seminaar |
| 🔊 152 |
seminary
|
noun |
A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.
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kweekskool |
| 🔊 153 |
senile
|
adjective |
Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.
|
seniele |
| 🔊 154 |
sensation
|
noun |
A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling.
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sensasie |
| 🔊 155 |
sense
|
noun |
The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action.
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sin |
| 🔊 156 |
sensibility
|
noun |
Power to perceive or feel.
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aanvoeling |
| 🔊 157 |
sensitive
|
adjective |
Easily affected by outside operations or influences.
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sensitiewe |
| 🔊 158 |
sensual
|
adjective |
Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
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sensuele |
| 🔊 159 |
sensuous
|
adjective |
Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.
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sensuele |
| 🔊 160 |
sentence
|
noun |
A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
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sin |
| 🔊 161 |
sentient
|
adjective |
Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.
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lewende |
| 🔊 162 |
sentinel
|
noun |
Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
|
brandwag |
| 🔊 163 |
separable
|
adjective |
Capable of being disjoined or divided.
|
skeibare |
| 🔊 164 |
separate
|
verb |
To take apart.
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afsonderlike |
| 🔊 165 |
separatist
|
noun |
A seceder.
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separatiste |
| 🔊 166 |
septennial
|
adjective |
Recurring every seven years.
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sewe jaarlikse |
| 🔊 167 |
sepulcher
|
noun |
A burial-place.
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graf |
| 🔊 168 |
sequacious
|
adjective |
Ready to be led.
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volg zaam |
| 🔊 169 |
sequel
|
noun |
That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.
|
opvolger |
| 🔊 170 |
sequence
|
noun |
The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.
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volgorde |
| 🔊 171 |
sequent
|
adjective |
Following in the order of time.
|
daaropvolgende |
| 🔊 172 |
sequester
|
verb |
To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.
|
anneksasie |
| 🔊 173 |
sequestrate
|
verb |
To confiscate.
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sekwestreer |
| 🔊 174 |
sergeant
|
noun |
A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.
|
sersant |
| 🔇 |
sergeant-at-arms
|
noun |
An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.
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| 🔇 |
sergeant-major
|
noun |
The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.
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| 🔊 177 |
service
|
noun |
Any work done for the benefit of another.
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diens |
| 🔊 178 |
serviceable
|
adjective |
Durable.
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diensbare |
| 🔊 179 |
servitude
|
noun |
Slavery.
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serwituut |
| 🔊 180 |
severance
|
noun |
Separation.
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skeidingspakket |
| 🔊 181 |
severely
|
adverb |
Extremely.
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ernstig |
| 🔊 182 |
sextet
|
noun |
A band of six singers or players.
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sekstet |
| 🔊 183 |
sextuple
|
adjective |
Multiplied by six.
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sesvoud |
| 🔊 184 |
sheer
|
adjective |
Absolute.
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pure |
| 🔊 185 |
shiftless
|
adjective |
Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.
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onbeholpen |
| 🔊 186 |
shrewd
|
adjective |
Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.
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uitgeslape |
| 🔊 187 |
shriek
|
noun |
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
|
gil |
| 🔊 188 |
shrinkage
|
noun |
A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.
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krimp |
| 🔊 189 |
shrivel
|
verb |
To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
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verschrompelen |
| 🔊 190 |
shuffle
|
noun |
A mixing or changing the order of things.
|
shuffle |
| 🔊 191 |
sibilance
|
noun |
A hissing sound.
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sibilance |
| 🔊 192 |
sibilant
|
adjective |
Made with a hissing sound.
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sissende |
| 🔊 193 |
sibilate
|
verb |
To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
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sissend |
| 🔊 194 |
sidelong
|
adjective |
Inclining or tending to one side.
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sydelingse |
| 🔊 195 |
sidereal
|
adjective |
Pertaining to stars or constellations.
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sideriese |
| 🔊 196 |
siege
|
noun |
A beleaguerment.
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beleg |
| 🔊 197 |
significance
|
noun |
Importance.
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betekenis |
| 🔊 198 |
significant
|
adjective |
Important, especially as pointing something out.
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beduidende |
| 🔊 199 |
signification
|
noun |
The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
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betekenis |
| 🔊 200 |
similar
|
adjective |
Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
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soortgelyk |