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Yen (noun) |
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A yearning for something or to do something. Example: “He was yenning to go to Antartica”. |
Yeoman (noun) |
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In former times was free and cultivated his own land. Example: “Too often the good soldier made only an indifferent yeoman”. |
Yield (verb) |
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Be the cause or source of Example: “He yielded me a lot of trouble”. |
Yoke (noun) |
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A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke. Example: “The farmer ploughed the field with four yoke of oxen”. |
Yokel (noun) |
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A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture Example: “Yokels are easily duped in cities”. |
Yore (noun) |
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Time long past Example: “In the days of yore, the Internet did not exist”. |