"Canine"

Since I'm a vegetarian, I probably don't use my canine teeth for their intended purpose, but I do tend to use them to chew the inside of my mouth when I'm thinking. It's almost an unconscious habit.

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"Bemoan"

When I was pulled over for a burned out license plate bulb, I was tempted to bemoan my situation, but then I realized I was lucky to avoid a fine.

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"Acclaim"

Though the film received much acclaim from the big-shot movie reviewers, I wasn't crazy about it.

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"Yielding"

My cat, Peyser, is a pretty yielding animal. Unlike most cats, if he is reprimanded and told to stop misbehaving, he generally stops what he's doing.

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"Wanton"

The man's mother no longer claims him since he committed the wanton burglary on her home three years ago.

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"Vacuous"

After spending an hour and a half trying unsuccessfully to upload several photos at once, I stared at the computer screen with a vacuous expression on my face. Not one to give up easily, I simply tried again, only uploading one photo at a time.

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"Unconscionable"

Lou thought her landlord to be an unconscionable man, especially considering that he rarely, if ever, fixed any of the problems in her apartment, but his rent was always outrageously high.

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