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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dogmatic  Speak Example sentences
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
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a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers
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having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
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disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement
encroachment  Speak Example sentences
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insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
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unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
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gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders
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double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
enthrall  Speak Example sentences
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avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
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capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
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any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
envisage  Speak Example sentences
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unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
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look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
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insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
excavate  Speak Example sentences
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rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against the leadership of a political party
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
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curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
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unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
fatuous  Speak Example sentences
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a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
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any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
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penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
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foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
fidget  Speak Example sentences
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move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
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without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
flagrant  Speak Example sentences
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not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
glossary  Speak Example sentences
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rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against the leadership of a political party
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a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers
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fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
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a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
hedgehog  Speak Example sentences
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small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines
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look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
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gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders
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composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire