to anguish
to anguish
/ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/
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MICHAEL KIRK - I'm sure the choices are anguishing for everybody involved.
And within moments cries of anguish break out all over the forest.
This was not the eerie whispering of demons, but a light tinkling that seemed to ease her anguish.
to refurbish
to refurbish
/ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/
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Even Sweden's most famous company, Ikea, refurbishes its furniture here.
Trump spent $1 million to refurbish each plane.
Recyclers will pick them up and destroy the data before refurbishing them or extracting materials.
to burnish
to burnish
/ˈbɝnɪʃ/
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Carefully drawn holes for them, then you will burnish down the little beads to hold them in place.
So I'm distinguishing between the burnt tree and the burnished tree.

to furbish
to furbish
/ˈfɝbɪʃ/
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to blemish
to blemish
/ˈbɫɛmɪʃ/
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Jesse refines the surface, smoothing it out until almost every blemish is undetectable.
One glaring blemish is the gap between the haves and the have nots.
The first sign of a blemish, and I want all hands on zit.
to tarnish
to tarnish
/ˈtɑɹnɪʃ/
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If that goes wrong, it can tarnish a legacy in some circumstances.
-- but their reputation was starting to tarnish.
But his legacy was tarnished by his involvement with the occult.
to skirmish
to skirmish
/ˈskɝmɪʃ/
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Skirmishes, raids, and full-on invasions are happening every day, causing millions of casualties.
And there was a skirmish.
Well, John, it is another skirmish in, as you put it, a long battle.
to brandish
to brandish
/ˈbɹændɪʃ/
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Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the streets, brandishing their namesake umbrellas to protect from pepper spray.
BRANDISHING GUNS MARK AND PATRICIA McCLOS KEY STOOD ON THE LAWN OF THEIR MANSION AS PROTESTERS MARCHED PAST IN THE GATED COMMUNITY.
to replenish
to replenish
/ɹiˈpɫɛnɪʃ/
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That's far greater than the rate that sand is being replenished.
No water, no electricity, no communication, no stores to replenish supplies from.
Proteins are the most important resource for repairing and replenishing our cell structures.
to admonish
to admonish
/ædˈmɑnɪʃ/
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The most common counsel on the back of trucks admonishes drivers to honk their horn.
While admonishing a bloodthirsty demon mid-torture, they say: "That was the old Hell.
to lavish
to lavish
/ˈɫævɪʃ/
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Jon: NO, IT WASN'T LAVISH.
But Beyoncé and Jay-Z don't just spend their money on lavish homes, gifts, and vacations.
Their most lavish spending is on their homes.

to blandish
to blandish
/blˈændɪʃ/
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to defray
to defray
/dɪˈfɹeɪ/
verbClick to see examples
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Well, it won't cover a whole fence, but it will defray the cost considerably.
- How do I defray the cost of my self-funded album cover?
to cloy
to cloy
/ˈkɫɔɪ/
verbClick to see examples
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- Oh man that smells cloying.
- Did you say cloying? -
to convoy
to convoy
/ˈkɑnˌvɔɪ/
verbClick to see examples
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Military convoys join routine traffic on the highways.
It was claimed to be an ISIS automobile convoy, but I looked at it
They've taken the keys from the car and the whole convoy has been stopped.
to gnash
to gnash
/ˈnæʃ/
verbClick to see examples
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Gnashing jaw of sharp teeth.
to ambush
to ambush
/ˈæmˌbʊʃ/
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Can I ambush you in your office?
We learn how to use our car as a weapon in case we're ambushed.
While walking down a flight of stairs he was ambushed by an unpredictable foe.
to rendezvous
to rendezvous
/ˈɹɑndɪˌvu/
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So one mission that's being talked about is to rendezvous with Halley's Comet.
We think the right thing to do is to rendezvous with the asteroid, match rotation with it.
To rendezvous with the space junk, the small janitor needs an incredibly efficient engine.
