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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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embellish  Speak Example sentences
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one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
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take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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prevent by taking action in advance
explicate  Speak Example sentences
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drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
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learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
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explain; make clear the meaning of; unfold meaning or sense of
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catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
extraneous  Speak Example sentences
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not essential;  coming from outside
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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clean; remove offensive parts of book
exult  Speak Example sentences
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sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
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rejoice; feel extreme happiness
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poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
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lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
felicitous  Speak Example sentences
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
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rejoice; feel extreme happiness
histrionic  Speak Example sentences
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a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers
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characteristic of acting or stage performance
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one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
hypercritical  Speak Example sentences
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excessively exacting; inclined to judge too severely
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catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
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learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
impel  Speak Example sentences
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full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
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not essential;  coming from outside
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not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
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drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
impenitent  Speak Example sentences
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impervious to moral persuasion; of hard heart
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take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
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mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
impermeable  Speak Example sentences
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not intentional; not on purpose; careless; negligent; inattentive
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not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof
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poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
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shrink; reduce in size; become less