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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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doff  Speak Example sentences
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unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
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take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
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wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
doggerel  Speak Example sentences
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poor verse; of crude or irregular construction
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light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
dogmatic  Speak Example sentences
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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mutually destructive; equally devastating to both sides
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unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
dross  Speak Example sentences
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
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waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
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unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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mutually destructive; equally devastating to both sides
emancipate  Speak Example sentences
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mutually destructive; equally devastating to both sides
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drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift
enactment  Speak Example sentences
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acting of a role or representation of a character in a play; passing of a law by a legislative body
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high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
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starve, kill, or destroy with hunger; exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger
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unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
exceptionable  Speak Example sentences
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mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
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open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
excoriate  Speak Example sentences
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scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
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acting of a role or representation of a character in a play; passing of a law by a legislative body
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open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
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confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
fleck  Speak Example sentences
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light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
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spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
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scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
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confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
fluster  Speak Example sentences
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lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
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intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits
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confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
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scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade