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abase |
verb |
To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
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klein maak |
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abbess |
noun |
The lady superior of a nunnery.
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abdis |
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abbey |
noun |
The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
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abdy |
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abbot |
noun |
The superior of a community of monks.
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abt |
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abdicate |
verb |
To give up (royal power or the like).
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abdikeer |
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abdomen |
noun |
In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
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buik |
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abdominal |
noun |
Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
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abdominale |
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abduction |
noun |
A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
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ontvoering |
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abed |
adverb |
In bed; on a bed.
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n bed |
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aberration |
noun |
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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afwyking |
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abet |
verb |
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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ABET |
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abeyance |
noun |
A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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tydelike opschorting |
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abhorrence |
noun |
The act of detesting extremely.
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weersin |
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abhorrent |
adjective |
Very repugnant; hateful.
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gruwelike |
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abidance |
noun |
An abiding. (abide: continue, wait for, endure, dwell)
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abidance |
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abject |
adjective |
Sunk to a low condition.
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volslae |
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abjure |
verb |
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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afsweer |
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able-bodied |
adjective |
Competent for physical service.
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ablution |
noun |
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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ablusie |
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abnegate |
verb |
To renounce (a right or privilege).
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abnegeren |
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abnormal |
adjective |
Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
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abnormale |
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abominable |
adjective |
Very hateful.
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gruwelike |
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abominate |
verb |
To hate violently.
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verfoeien |
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abomination |
noun |
A very detestable act or practice.
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gruwel |
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aboriginal |
adjective |
Primitive; unsophisticated.
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Aboriginal |
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aborigines |
noun |
The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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Aborigines |
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aboveboard |
adverb&adjective |
Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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eerzaam |
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abrade |
verb |
To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
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skure |
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abrasion |
noun |
That which is rubbed off.
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skuur |
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abridge |
verb |
To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
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besnoeien |
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abridgment |
noun |
A condensed form as of a book or play.
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inperking |
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abrogate |
verb |
To abolish, repeal.
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bowe |
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abrupt |
adjective |
Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
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skielike |
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abscess |
noun |
A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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abses |
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abscission |
noun |
The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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afsnyding |
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abscond |
verb |
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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dros |
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absence |
noun |
The fact of not being present or available.
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afwesigheid |
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absent-minded |
adjective |
Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
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absolution |
noun |
Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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absolusie |
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absolve |
verb |
To free from sin or its penalties.
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onthef |
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absorb |
verb |
To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
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absorbeer |
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absorption |
noun |
The act or process of absorbing.
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absorpsie |
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abstain |
verb |
To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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onthou |
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abstemious |
adjective |
Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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nugter |
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abstinence |
noun |
Self denial.
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onthouding |
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abstruse |
adjective |
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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diepsinnige |
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absurd |
adjective |
Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
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absurd |
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abundant |
adjective |
Plentiful.
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oorvloedige |
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abusive |
adjective |
Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
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beledigende |
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abut |
verb |
To touch at the end or boundary line.
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abut |
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abyss |
noun |
Bottomless gulf.
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afgrond |
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academic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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akademiese |
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academician |
noun |
A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
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Academie |
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academy |
noun |
Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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Akademie |
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accede |
verb |
To agree.
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tree |
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accelerate |
verb |
To move faster.
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versnel |
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accept |
verb |
To take when offered.
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aanvaar |
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access |
noun |
A way of approach or entrance; passage.
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toegang |
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accessible |
adjective |
Approachable.
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toeganklike |
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accession |
noun |
Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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toetreding |
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accessory |
noun |
A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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bykomstigheid |
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acclaim |
verb |
To utter with a shout.
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lof |
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accommodate |
verb |
To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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akkommodeer |
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accompaniment |
noun |
A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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begeleiding |
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accompanist |
noun |
One who or that which accompanies.
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begeleier |
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accompany |
verb |
To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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vergesel |
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accomplice |
noun |
An associate in wrong-doing.
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medepligtige |
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accomplish |
verb |
To bring to pass.
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bereik |
| 🔊 69 |
accordion |
noun |
A portable free-reed musical instrument.
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trekklavier |
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accost |
verb |
To speak to.
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aanklampen |
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account |
noun |
A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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rekening |
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accouter |
verb |
To dress.
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accouter |
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accredit |
verb |
To give credit or authority to.
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akkrediteer |
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accumulate |
verb |
To become greater in quantity or number.
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versamel |
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accuracy |
noun |
Exactness.
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akkuraatheid |
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accurate |
adjective |
Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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akkurate |
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accursed |
adjective |
Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
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vervloekte |
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accusation |
noun |
A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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beskuldiging |
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accusatory |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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beskuldigende |
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accuse |
verb |
To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
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beskuldig |
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accustom |
verb |
To make familiar by use.
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gewoond |
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acerbity |
noun |
Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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wrang |
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acetate |
noun |
A salt of acetic acid.
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asetaat |
| 🔊 84 |
acetic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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asynsuur |
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ache |
verb |
To be in pain or distress.
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pyn |
| 🔊 86 |
achromatic |
adjective |
Colorless,
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achromatiese |
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acid |
noun |
A sour substance.
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suur |
| 🔊 88 |
acidify |
verb |
To change into acid.
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versuur |
| 🔊 89 |
acknowledge |
verb |
To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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erken |
| 🔊 90 |
acknowledgment |
noun |
Recognition.
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erkenning |
| 🔊 91 |
acme |
noun |
The highest point, or summit.
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toppunt |
| 🔊 92 |
acoustic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
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akoestiese |
| 🔊 93 |
acquaint |
verb |
To make familiar or conversant.
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vergewis |
| 🔊 94 |
acquaintance |
noun |
Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
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kennismaking |
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acquiesce |
verb |
To comply; submit.
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berus |
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acquiescence |
noun |
Passive consent.
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berusting |
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acquire |
verb |
To get as one's own.
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verkry |
| 🔊 98 |
acquisition |
noun |
Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
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verkryging |
| 🔊 99 |
acquit |
verb |
To free or clear, as from accusation.
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vryspreek |
| 🔊 100 |
acquittal |
noun |
A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
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vryspraak |
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acreage |
noun |
Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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oppervlakte |
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acrid |
adjective |
Harshly pungent or bitter.
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skerp |
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acrimonious |
adjective |
Full of bitterness.
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bitter |
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acrimony |
noun |
Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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skerp |
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actionable |
adjective |
Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
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aksie |
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actuality |
noun |
Any reality.
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aktualiteitsprogram |
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actuary |
noun |
An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
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aktuaris |
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actuate |
verb |
To move or incite to action.
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beklemtoon |
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acumen |
noun |
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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vernuf |
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acute |
adjective |
Having fine and penetrating discernment.
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akute |
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adamant |
noun |
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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vasbeslote |
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addendum |
noun |
Something added, or to be added.
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addendum |
| 🔊 113 |
addle |
verb |
To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
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addle |
| 🔊 114 |
adduce |
verb |
To bring forward or name for consideration.
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aan te voer |
| 🔊 115 |
adhere |
verb |
To stick fast or together.
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voldoen |
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adherence |
noun |
Attachment.
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nakoming |
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adherent |
adjective |
Clinging or sticking fast.
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aanhanger |
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adhesion |
noun |
The state of being attached or joined.
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adhesie |
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adieu |
inter. |
Good-by; farewell.
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adieu |
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adjacency |
noun |
The state of being adjacent.
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adjacency |
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adjacent |
noun |
That which is near or bordering upon.
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aangrensende |
| 🔊 122 |
adjudge |
verb |
To award or bestow by formal decision.
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adjudge |
| 🔊 123 |
adjunct |
noun |
Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
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toevoegsel |
| 🔊 124 |
adjuration |
noun |
A vehement appeal.
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eed |
| 🔊 125 |
adjutant |
adjective |
Auxiliary.
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adjudant |
| 🔊 126 |
administrator |
noun |
One who manages affairs of any kind.
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administrateur |
| 🔊 127 |
admissible |
adjective |
Having the right or privilege of entry.
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toelaatbaar |
| 🔊 128 |
admittance |
noun |
Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
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toelating |
| 🔊 129 |
admonish |
verb |
To warn of a fault.
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vermaan |
| 🔊 130 |
admonition |
noun |
Gentle reproof.
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vermaning |
| 🔊 131 |
ado |
noun |
unnecessary activity or ceremony.
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ado |
| 🔊 132 |
adoration |
noun |
Profound devotion.
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aanbidding |
| 🔊 133 |
adroit |
adjective |
Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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handig |
| 🔊 134 |
adulterant |
noun |
An adulterating substance.
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adulterant |
| 🔊 135 |
adulterate |
verb |
To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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vertroebel |
| 🔊 136 |
adumbrate |
verb |
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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beschaduwen |
| 🔊 137 |
advent |
noun |
The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
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koms |
| 🔊 138 |
adverse |
adjective |
Opposing or opposed.
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ongunstige |
| 🔊 139 |
adversity |
noun |
Misfortune.
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teenspoed |
| 🔊 140 |
advert |
verb |
To refer incidentally.
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advertensie |
| 🔊 141 |
advertiser |
noun |
One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
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adverteerder |
| 🔊 142 |
advisory |
adjective |
Not mandatory.
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adviserende |
| 🔊 143 |
advocacy |
noun |
The act of pleading a cause.
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voorspraak |
| 🔊 144 |
advocate |
noun |
One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
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advokaat |
| 🔊 145 |
aerial |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
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lug |
| 🔊 146 |
aeronaut |
noun |
One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
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Aeronaut |
| 🔊 147 |
aeronautics |
noun |
the art or practice of flying aircraft
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lugvaartkunde |
| 🔊 148 |
aerostat |
noun |
A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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aerostat |
| 🔊 149 |
aerostatics |
noun |
The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
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aerostatics |
| 🔊 150 |
affable |
adjective |
Easy to approach.
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gemoedelike |
| 🔊 151 |
affect |
verb |
To act upon
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invloed |
| 🔊 152 |
affectation |
noun |
A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
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aanstellerigheid |
| 🔊 153 |
affiliate |
noun |
Some auxiliary person or thing.
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affiliate |
| 🔊 154 |
affirmative |
adjective |
Answering yes; to a question at issue.
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regstellende |
| 🔊 155 |
affix |
verb |
To fasten.
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aanbring |
| 🔊 156 |
affluence |
noun |
A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
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welvaart |
| 🔊 157 |
affront |
noun |
An open insult or indignity.
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belediging |
| 🔊 158 |
afire |
adverb&adjective |
On fire, literally or figuratively.
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n vuur |
| 🔊 159 |
afoot |
adverb |
In progress.
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gang |
| 🔊 160 |
aforesaid |
adjective |
Said in a preceding part or before.
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voorgenoemde |
| 🔊 161 |
afresh |
adverb |
Once more, after rest or interval.
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opnuut |
| 🔊 162 |
afterthought |
noun |
A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
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nagedagte |
| 🔊 163 |
agglomerate |
verb |
To pile or heap together.
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agglomeraat |
| 🔊 164 |
aggrandize |
verb |
To cause to appear greatly.
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verheerlik |
| 🔊 165 |
aggravate |
verb |
To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
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vererger |
| 🔊 166 |
aggravation |
noun |
The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
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struikelblok |
| 🔊 167 |
aggregate |
noun |
The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
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totaal |
| 🔊 168 |
aggress |
verb |
To make the first attack.
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aggress |
| 🔊 169 |
aggression |
noun |
An unprovoked attack.
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aggressie |
| 🔊 170 |
aggrieve |
verb |
To give grief or sorrow to.
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versmag |
| 🔊 171 |
aghast |
adjective |
Struck with terror and amazement.
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ontsteld |
| 🔊 172 |
agile |
adjective |
Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
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ratse |
| 🔊 173 |
agitate |
verb |
To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
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roer |
| 🔊 174 |
agrarian |
adjective |
Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
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landbou |
| 🔊 175 |
aide-de-camp |
noun |
An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
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| 🔊 176 |
ailment |
noun |
Slight sickness.
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kwaal |
| 🔊 177 |
airy |
adjective |
Delicate, ethereal.
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lugtig |
| 🔊 178 |
akin |
adjective |
Of similar nature or qualities.
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soortgelyk |
| 🔊 179 |
alabaster |
noun |
A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
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albaste |
| 🔊 180 |
alacrity |
noun |
Cheerful willingness.
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alacrity |
| 🔊 181 |
albeit |
conj. |
Even though.
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al is dit |
| 🔊 182 |
albino |
noun |
A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
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albino |
| 🔊 183 |
album |
noun |
A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
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album |
| 🔊 184 |
alchemy |
noun |
Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
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alchemie |
| 🔊 185 |
alcohol |
noun |
A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
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alkohol |
| 🔊 186 |
alcoholism |
noun |
A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
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alkoholisme |
| 🔊 187 |
alcove |
noun |
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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nis |
| 🔊 188 |
alder |
noun |
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
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els |
| 🔊 189 |
alderman |
noun |
A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
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Raadsheer |
| 🔊 190 |
alias |
noun |
An assumed name.
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alias |
| 🔊 191 |
alien |
noun |
One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
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uitheemse |
| 🔊 192 |
alienable |
adjective |
Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
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vervreembare |
| 🔊 193 |
alienate |
verb |
To cause to turn away.
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vervreem |
| 🔊 194 |
alienation |
noun |
Estrangement.
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vervreemding |
| 🔊 195 |
aliment |
noun |
That which nourishes.
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Aliment |
| 🔊 196 |
alkali |
noun |
Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
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alkali |
| 🔊 197 |
allay |
verb |
To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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besweer |
| 🔊 198 |
allege |
verb |
To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
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beweer |
| 🔊 199 |
allegory |
noun |
The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
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allegorie |
| 🔊 200 |
alleviate |
verb |
To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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verlig |