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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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doleful  Speak Example sentences
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
edify  Speak Example sentences
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instruct or correct, especially to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
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excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
emaciated  Speak Example sentences
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deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
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parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs
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very thin especially from disease or hunger
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foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
encroach  Speak Example sentences
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intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits
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enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
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steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
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small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines
expiate  Speak Example sentences
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false; tending to mislead; deceptive
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make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
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not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
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disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation
fidgety  Speak Example sentences
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restless; uneasy; nervous and unable to relax
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deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
foment  Speak Example sentences
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try to stir up public opinion; promote the growth of; apply warm lotion to
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capable of being estimated or valued
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
frenetic  Speak Example sentences
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excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
gainsay  Speak Example sentences
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prevent by taking action in advance
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region; remote and undeveloped area
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
heckler  Speak Example sentences
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surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
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narrow-mindedness; isolation; state of being isolated or detached
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one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
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foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way