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 5000 Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lurch  Speak Example sentences
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legal delay of payment; suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
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sudden lateral movement or swaying to one side, as of a ship, a carriage, or a staggering person
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pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
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one who gives up easily; one who quits
measles  Speak Example sentences
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a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model; a dummy
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the acute, contagious viral disease, usually occurring in childhood; leprosy
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composition for four voices or four instruments; a group of four
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the time between one event, process; interval of time
militant  Speak Example sentences
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fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
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gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley
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apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept
moat  Speak Example sentences
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the time between one event, process; interval of time
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focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
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wasteful; reckless with money
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deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
nostalgia  Speak Example sentences
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open for the public to read; obvious; plain
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composition for four voices or four instruments; a group of four
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homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past
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impose fine or tax; collect payment
oyster  Speak Example sentences
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pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
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marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
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retract a previous statement; sing over again; repeatedly utter in song
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flax; fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; raw cotton that has been ginned and is ready for baling
peer  Speak Example sentences
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highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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retract a previous statement; sing over again; repeatedly utter in song
pliers  Speak Example sentences
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a kind of small pinchers with long jaws, used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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composition for four voices or four instruments; a group of four
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belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
prodigal  Speak Example sentences
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repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
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state of being obese due to an excess of body fat
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a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
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wasteful; reckless with money
quantum  Speak Example sentences
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severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage; any vital action or activity.
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highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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quantity; amount; a specified portion
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deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water