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 5000 Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
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raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity
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bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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confederate; partner; collaborator
arena  Speak Example sentences
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
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confederate; partner; collaborator
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narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
attic  Speak Example sentences
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story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house
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preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
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whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory; small compartment, as for work or study
brutal  Speak Example sentences
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence; freedom from doubt
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beginning or first attempt; first appearance before the public
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small waterfall; sudden downpour
canyon  Speak Example sentences
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narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
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cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave
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act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
chevron  Speak Example sentences
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catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
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badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve of military or police uniform to indicate rank
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extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
commence  Speak Example sentences
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catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
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have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
contempt  Speak Example sentences
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one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
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causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
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state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
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kitchen or cooking department; food; manner or style of cooking; cookery
contract  Speak Example sentences
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a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
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sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory; small compartment, as for work or study
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the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus
crook  Speak Example sentences
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bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
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having the power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
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departing from the correct and accepted way; misleading; not straightforward