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 5000 Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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acquaintance  Speak Example sentences
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chew with force and noise; crush, grind or tread noisily
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place of refuge or shelter; protection
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personal knowledge or information about someone or something
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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
appropriate  Speak Example sentences
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
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flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
bait  Speak Example sentences
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not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
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having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
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any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts
bore  Speak Example sentences
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drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
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object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm
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being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
catholic  Speak Example sentences
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of the universe; vast
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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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lie close or snug; crouch; nestle; embrace closely
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broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
celebrated  Speak Example sentences
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famous; well-known; having illustrious past
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device for increasing power or effectiveness; enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school
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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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a change or changes made to the words of a text; revision
clamp  Speak Example sentences
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any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts
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sudden stroke; sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover
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having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; curved
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device for increasing power or effectiveness; enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school
compact  Speak Example sentences
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closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving a gist of something
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; the trait of judging wisely and objectively
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famous; well-known; having illustrious past
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
convertible  Speak Example sentences
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having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; curved
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lie close or snug; crouch; nestle; embrace closely
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capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable
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monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having lion head, goat body, and dragon tail
coup  Speak Example sentences
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sudden stroke; sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover
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penniless, without any money; financially ruined
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act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; the trait of judging wisely and objectively