Two different meaning for the same word

          SIPHON                    SHAFT                    RACE                BEAT                ABIDE                     ABSTRACT       SPADE          CONTINGENT       RALLY             LOOM

                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                             
SIPHON   (N/V)

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Meanings-
Known

• a tube that is used for moving liquid from one container to anther, using pressure from the atmosphere

Hidden:

to remove money from one place and move it to another, especially dishonestly or illegally

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SHAFT  (N/V)

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Meanings-
Known

• a long, narrow, usually vertical passage in a building or underground, used especially for a lift/elevator or as a way of allowing air in or out

Hidden:

to treat somebody unfairly or cheat them

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RACE  (N/V)

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Meanings-
Known

• to compete against somebody or something to see who can go faster or the fastest

Hidden:

a breed or type or animal or plant

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BEAT  (N/V/Adj.)

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Meanings-
Known

• to defeat or hit somebody or something 

Hidden:

the main rhythm, or a unit or rhythm, in a piece of music, a poem, etc 

the area that a police officer walks around regularly and which he or she is responsible for 

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ABIDE  (V)

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Meanings-
Known

• to dislike somebody or something so much

Hidden:

to stay or live in a place

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ABSTRACT  (N/V/Adj.)

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Meanings-
Known

• to remove something from somewhere

Hidden:

existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical reality

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SPADE  (N/V)

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Meanings-
Known 

• a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long handle, used for digging
• a card from the set of spades

Hidden:

an offensive word for a black person

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CONTINGENT  (N/Adj.)

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Meanings-
Known

• a meeting or gathering of persons representative of some larger group

Hidden:

depending on something that may or may not happen(possible but not certain to occur) 

a person who does not have a permanent contract with a company

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RALLY  (V)

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Meanings-
Known

• a large public meeting, especially one held to support a particular idea or political party

Hidden:

to become healthier, stronger, etc. after a period or illness, weakness, etc

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LOOM  (V/N)

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Meanings-
Known

• a machine for making cloth by twisting threads between other threads which go in a different direction

Hidden:

to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening or threatening way

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