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Background

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Accent 76% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Accentuate 76% connected

To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

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Accompaniment 76% connected

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of…

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Aspect 76% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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Attendant 76% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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Concomitant 76% connected

Accompanying; conjoined; attending.

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Disturbance 76% connected

An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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Emphasise 76% connected

To make a point stand out as especially important.

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Emphasize 76% connected

To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

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Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Heritage 76% connected

That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Inheritance 76% connected

The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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Interference 76% connected

The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of…

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Panorama 76% connected

A complete view in every direction.

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Prospect 76% connected

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

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Punctuate 76% connected

To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Scenery 76% connected

Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action…

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Stress 76% connected

Distress.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Vista 76% connected

A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or o…

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Canvas 76% connected

A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Ground 92% connected

of Grind

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Scope 92% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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Setting 92% connected

of Set

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Foreground 94% connected

On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and…

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Foreground 94% connected

On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and…

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