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 5000 Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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ablution  Speak Example sentences
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large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
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broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
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corrupt; seduce from virtue
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washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
abridge  Speak Example sentences
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wear away by friction; scrape; erode
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fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
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free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
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condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
antithesis  Speak Example sentences
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
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contrast; direct contrast; opposition
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
astringent  Speak Example sentences
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capable of using either hand with equal ease
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
avocation  Speak Example sentences
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cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
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state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
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an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention
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activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
baleful  Speak Example sentences
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growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
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portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
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state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
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related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
bevy  Speak Example sentences
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several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
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the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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steep, rugged rock; rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge
burgeon  Speak Example sentences
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drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
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activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
cantankerous  Speak Example sentences
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ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
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an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention
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the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
caulk  Speak Example sentences
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state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
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slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
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tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis
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make watertight by filling in cracks