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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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effrontery  Speak Example sentences
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save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
elegy  Speak Example sentences
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deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
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root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
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poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
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make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
embellish  Speak Example sentences
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
ensconce  Speak Example sentences
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sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
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any of various flies that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; an irritating person
evince  Speak Example sentences
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deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude
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nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
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introduce into the body through a vein; undergo the process of infusion
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show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
exude  Speak Example sentences
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine
flagrant  Speak Example sentences
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obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for
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deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
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sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
forswear  Speak Example sentences
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renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
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sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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any of various flies that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; an irritating person
frond  Speak Example sentences
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be similar or bear a likeness to horse; relating to horse
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nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
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sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
furlough  Speak Example sentences
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice