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 5000 Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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annihilate  Speak Example sentences
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destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
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small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
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experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent; feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
apostrophe  Speak Example sentences
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declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
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text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
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small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
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bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
auger  Speak Example sentences
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negate; act against
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hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent; feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish
ballast  Speak Example sentences
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heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
barrage  Speak Example sentences
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artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
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gold and silver in the form of bars
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upward slope or grade; movement upward
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negate; act against
bashful  Speak Example sentences
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artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
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abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
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of the same size, extent, or duration as another
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experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent; feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish
beefy  Speak Example sentences
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a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy; muscular in build; strong or muscular
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purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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state of being unmarried; single life
belligerent  Speak Example sentences
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be full of; be plentiful
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small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
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coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus, it is mostly evergreen and has wood remarkable for its durability
blemish  Speak Example sentences
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
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mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
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composition for orchestra and a soloist
celibacy  Speak Example sentences
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reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
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give as a gift; present
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wise saying; brief familiar proverb;  expression of popular wisdom
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state of being unmarried; single life