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 5000 Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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discern  Speak Example sentences
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
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unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
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detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
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invulnerable; able to withstand attack
dregs  Speak Example sentences
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move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
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sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
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inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus
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darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored
dulcet  Speak Example sentences
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unable to have children
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weak; lacking firmness
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lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
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sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
dupe  Speak Example sentences
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having some characteristic of a woman; womanlike; womanly; tender
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friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
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related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
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easily deceived person; duplicate of a photographic image
exemption  Speak Example sentences
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breathe out; send air out of your lungs
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permission not to do something
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of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
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cause to emit a flash of light
exhort  Speak Example sentences
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
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lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
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affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath by unworthy or unjust treatment
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hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
gamut  Speak Example sentences
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entire range; all notes in musical scale
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attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
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easily deceived person; duplicate of a photographic image
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eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
goblet  Speak Example sentences
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a kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle
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sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
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unable to have children
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corrosion; a gradual decline of something
gouge  Speak Example sentences
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ban on commerce or other activity
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force with the thumb; make a groove in
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sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
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inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus
hilt  Speak Example sentences
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handle, especially the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like
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force with the thumb; make a groove in
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fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree