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fam·ish
Synonyms: starve
Usage: Many famished in the countryside during the drought.
mis·speak
Synonyms: mispronounce.
Usage: The director insisted that his actors hire a French tutor so that they would not misspeak their lines.
e·nun·ci·ate
Synonyms: articulate, pronounce, say, sound out.
Usage: As she spoke, she enunciated each word slowly and carefully.
pro·trude
Synonyms: jut, stick out, project.
Usage: His huge bones seemed to protrude from his body; his elbows were so sharp that they appeared to jut out through the arms of his shabby coat.
nibble
Synonyms: pick, piece.
Usage: She never eats a full meal—she just nibbles.
