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 5000 Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rebuff  Speak Example sentences
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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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renovate; make bright by polishing
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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
relent  Speak Example sentences
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give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
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repay; revenge; make repayment for or return something
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fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
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send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand
salvo  Speak Example sentences
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cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
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powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible
satiate  Speak Example sentences
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release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
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repay; revenge; make repayment for or return something
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satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
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present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
scrutinize  Speak Example sentences
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examine closely and critically
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design or tendency; meaning; import; disguise; covering
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give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
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respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
serpentine  Speak Example sentences
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slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor
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act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
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error in the use of language, especially  intentional use of misspelling; violation of the conventional rules of society
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winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
sheaf  Speak Example sentences
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release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
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bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
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place over something else; place on top of
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respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
sloop  Speak Example sentences
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single-mast sailing boat
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hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
solder  Speak Example sentences
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satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
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repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
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cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
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respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
stymie  Speak Example sentences
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cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
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present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
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send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand