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biped

a creature with two feet

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centipede

a creature with 100 feet

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impediment

something that stands in one's way; an obstacle

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millipede

a creature with 1,000 feet

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pedal

a lever that is moved with one's foot

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peddler

a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product

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pedestrian

a person who walks across the street on foot

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pedicure

a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails

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quadruped

a four-footed creature

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tripod

a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera

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11

deport

to carry or send away from a country; to banish

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export

to carry out of the country

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import

to carry into the country

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portable

capable of being easily carried

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portage

the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another

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porter

an attendant who carries traveler' luggage for them

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portfolio

a case for carrying loose papers

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report

a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new

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support

to carry the weight of something

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transport

to carry something from one place to another

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Contradict

To speak against; to say the opposite

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Dictation

What is written down as someone says it

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Dictator

A leader who speaks and rules with total power

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Diction

The manner in which something is expressed in words

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Dictionary

A reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

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Dictum

A judge’s ruling or statement

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Edict

Public words issued by an official that explain a law or command

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Indictment

Formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with crime

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Predict

To say what will happen before it occurs

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Verdict

The decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury

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31

Dejected

To feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit

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Eject

to throw out

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Injection

A shot; the “throwing” of medicine into the body by a needle

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Interjection

A word thrown into a sentence or conversation

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Jettison

To throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane

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Projectile

An object thrown into the air with great force

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Projector

A machine that throws an image onto a wall

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Reject

To throw something out because it’s defective and can’t be used again

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Subject

To throw oneself under someone else’s rule

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Trajectory

The curved path of an object thrown into space

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Emanicipate

To set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone’s hands

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Manacles

Handcuffs

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Manager

A person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something

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Mandate

An order or command placed in one’s hands

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Maneuver

To handily or skillfully go around something

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Manicure

A treatment for the hands and nails

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Manipulate

To skillfully operate by hand

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Manual

A handbook; a book of directions

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Manufacture

To make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product

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Manuscript

A handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book.

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