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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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elegy  Speak Example sentences
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poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
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light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
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mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
encroachment  Speak Example sentences
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renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
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weaken; lessen or attempt to lessen the seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses
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gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders
epilogue  Speak Example sentences
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a long narrow opening; long narrow depression in a surface
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short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
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renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
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intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
filament  Speak Example sentences
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intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
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fine thread or fiber; thin wire;  threadlike structure within the light bulb
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trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
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thriftless; not providing for future; incautious
filial  Speak Example sentences
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light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
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not temperate or moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages
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hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective
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having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
finicky  Speak Example sentences
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starve, kill, or destroy with hunger; exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger
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inspire or influence thoroughly;  stain or dye deeply or completely
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insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
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trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
foible  Speak Example sentences
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thriftless; not providing for future; incautious
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance
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having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
foreboding  Speak Example sentences
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mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
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short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
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insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
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the expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
forswear  Speak Example sentences
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fine thread or fiber; thin wire;  threadlike structure within the light bulb
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the expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
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renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
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poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
furrow  Speak Example sentences
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having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
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trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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the expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen