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Refine Removing V Free Impurities Perfect Sugar Bits

Word refine
Part of Speech V.
Definition free from impurities; perfect.
Sentence Just as you can refine sugar by removing bits of cane and other unwanted material, you can refine verse by removing awkward metaphors and polishing rough rhymes.
Related Words refinement, N.

Tags: psat

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