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 5000 Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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skinflint  Speak Example sentences
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ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
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mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
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one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
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having or marked by a strong tendency
slake  Speak Example sentences
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attack with abusive language; vilify
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small brook or stream; streamlet
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make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
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needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness
solicitous  Speak Example sentences
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needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness
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give light as a small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end
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one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
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worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
stammer  Speak Example sentences
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having or marked by a strong tendency
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make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
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one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity
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make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
surmount  Speak Example sentences
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give light as a small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end
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common person, or one of the common of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
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cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
taper  Speak Example sentences
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having or marked by a strong tendency
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cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
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make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
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give light as a small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end
tedium  Speak Example sentences
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
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relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols
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opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
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small brook or stream; streamlet
tenet  Speak Example sentences
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one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
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requiring sitting; involving little exercise or physical activity; living in one area, not migratory
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opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
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give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
truism  Speak Example sentences
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undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
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make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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marked by precise accordance with details
turgid  Speak Example sentences
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marked by precise accordance with details
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quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society
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swollen; distended; excessively ornate or complex in style or language
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give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow