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 5000 Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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absurd  Speak Example sentences
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
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change something into another form; transform
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preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
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clarity of outline; concise explanation
addiction  Speak Example sentences
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move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude
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the compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something
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person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
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attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
appetite  Speak Example sentences
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instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
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speaking or behaving in an artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked
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partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
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large room used mainly for dancing
bait  Speak Example sentences
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
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move suddenly and rapidly
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whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
bald  Speak Example sentences
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a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
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the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
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shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
ballroom  Speak Example sentences
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the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
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a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
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person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
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large room used mainly for dancing
budge  Speak Example sentences
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move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude
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shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
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thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood; compact group
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condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
bumper  Speak Example sentences
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endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
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something that confines or contracts; restraint; hindrance
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something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft
concede  Speak Example sentences
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disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
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ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
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admit; yield; give up physical control of another
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
cramp  Speak Example sentences
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mend, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by the needle; sew together with yarn or thread
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something that confines or contracts; restraint; hindrance
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being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
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change something into another form; transform