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  • presume β€” to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
  • understand β€” to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • trust β€” reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
  • presuppose β€” to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
  • calculate β€” If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
  • foreknow β€” to know beforehand.
  • hawk β€” a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.
  • run β€” execution
  • grouse β€” any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
  • trail β€” to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
  • scratch β€” to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • ride β€” to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • drive β€” to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • dog β€” a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • course β€” Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
  • gun β€” Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
  • press β€” to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • follow β€” to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • shadow β€” a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • hound β€” Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
  • scent β€” a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
  • start β€” to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
  • heel β€” a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
  • claim β€” If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
  • beseech β€” If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
  • bid β€” A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
  • direct β€” to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • beg β€” If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
  • constrain β€” To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
  • crave β€” If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
  • requisition β€” the act of requiring or demanding.
  • command β€” If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • postulate β€” to ask, demand, or claim.
  • challenge β€” A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
  • rake β€” inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
  • forage β€” food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
  • grub β€” the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
  • beat β€” If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
  • rout β€” a bellow.
  • inquire β€” to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
  • find β€” to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
  • case β€” A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
  • spy β€” a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
  • search β€” to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • probe β€” to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
  • spot β€” a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
  • watch β€” to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • observe β€” to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • survey β€” to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
  • reconnoiter β€” to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
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