Strike: To hit, or to miss in an attempt to hitĦ4. Stakeholder: One who has a stake in an enterprise, or a bystander who holds the stake for those placing a betĦ3. Skinned: Covered with skin, or with the skin removedĦ2. Shop: To patronize a business in order to purchase something, or to sell somethingĦ0. Seed: To sow seeds, or to shed or remove themĥ8. Sanguine: Confidently cheerful, or bloodthirstyĥ7. Rock: An immobile mass of stone or figuratively similar phenomenon, or a shaking or unsettling movement or actionĥ4. Rent: To purchase use of something, or to sell useĥ2. Refrain: To desist from doing something, or to repeatĥ1. Quite: Rather (as a qualifying modifier), or completelyĤ9. Quiddity: Essence, or a trifling point of contentionĤ8. Quantum: Significantly large, or a minuscule partĤ7. Peer: A person of the nobility, or an equalĤ6. Oversight: Monitoring, or failing to overseeĤ2. Out of: Outside, or inside, as in working out of a specific officeĤ0. Out: Visible, as with stars showing in the sky, or invisible, in reference to lightsģ9. Off: Deactivated, or activated, as an alarmģ8. Lease: To offer property for rent, or to hold such propertyģ5. Help: To assist, or to prevent or (in negative constructions) restrainģ0. Handicap: An advantage provided to ensure equality, or a disadvantage that prevents equal achievementĢ8. Grade: A degree of slope, or a horizontal line or positionĢ7. Go: To proceed or succeed, or to weaken or failĢ6. Give out: To provide, or to stop because of a lack of supplyĢ5. Garnish: To furnish, as with food preparation, or to take away, as with wagesĢ4. Flog: To promote persistently, or to criticize or beatĢ3. First degree: Most severe in the case of a murder charge, or least severe in reference to a burnĢ2. Finished: Completed, or ended or destroyedĢ0. Fine: Excellent, or acceptable or good enoughġ9. Dust: To add fine particles, or to remove themġ8. Dollop: A large amount (British English), or a small amountġ5. Discursive: Moving in an orderly fashion among topics, or proceeding aimlessly in a discussionġ4. Dike: A wall to prevent flooding, or a ditchġ3. Custom: A common practice, or a special treatmentġ2. Continue: To keep doing an action, or to suspend an actionġ1. Consult: To offer advice, or to obtain itġ0. Buckle: To connect, or to break or collapseĩ. Bound: Heading to a destination, or restrained from movementĦ. Bill: A payment, or an invoice for paymentĥ. Apology: A statement of contrition for an action, or a defense of oneģ. When you use these words, be sure the context clearly identifies which meaning is intended:ġ.
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