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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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edify  Speak Example sentences
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inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly
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instruct or correct, especially to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
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the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
elasticity  Speak Example sentences
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cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; having an uneven, irregular border
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excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
encroach  Speak Example sentences
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grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
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equalize; become similar, as by mixing
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intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
espy  Speak Example sentences
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very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute
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the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift
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quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
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catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
expiate  Speak Example sentences
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make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
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penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
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tool of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other and set with iron or wooden teeth
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
girder  Speak Example sentences
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sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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the beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
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owner or keeper of a herd or herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle
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gather; collect; pick up
glisten  Speak Example sentences
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excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly
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feverish; intense emotion or activity
glossary  Speak Example sentences
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a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
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please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
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the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift
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cut the surface of something carefully with a sharp tool; carve
herbivorous  Speak Example sentences
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
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grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
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backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt
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a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
hibernate  Speak Example sentences
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sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
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make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
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building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement
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light as air; heavenly; unusually refined