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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dross  Speak Example sentences
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waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
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equalize; become similar, as by mixing
encipher  Speak Example sentences
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impossible to overcome; unbeatable
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absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
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feverish; intense emotion or activity
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encode; convert plain message into code
enrapture  Speak Example sentences
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please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
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facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
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impossible to overcome; unbeatable
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inactive; lacking the power to move; unable to move or act
evanescent  Speak Example sentences
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very thin especially from disease or hunger
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equalize; become similar, as by mixing
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twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
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fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
exultant  Speak Example sentences
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inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly
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please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
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very thin especially from disease or hunger
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a long narrow opening; long narrow depression in a surface
flagrant  Speak Example sentences
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a long narrow opening; long narrow depression in a surface
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
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gather; collect; pick up
forebode  Speak Example sentences
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foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
frieze  Speak Example sentences
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property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue
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a narrow strip of decoration, often cut from stone or wood and usually placed at the top of a wall
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witty thought or saying, usually short; short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
glean  Speak Example sentences
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gather; collect; pick up
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fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
gnarled  Speak Example sentences
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contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
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equalize; become similar, as by mixing
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move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
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twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work