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 5000 Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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quaff  Speak Example sentences
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play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion
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speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
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drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
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demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
raillery  Speak Example sentences
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marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
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smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression
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cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
refurbish  Speak Example sentences
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fanatically committed person; a person who shows excessive zeal
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restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
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renovate; make bright by polishing
revelry  Speak Example sentences
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merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity
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a young tree, especially one with a slender trunk
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blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract
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vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
rivet  Speak Example sentences
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cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
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metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together
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untidy; careless in work habits
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fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
scavenge  Speak Example sentences
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hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food
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vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
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hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
sloop  Speak Example sentences
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hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food
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coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
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single-mast sailing boat
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
sluggard  Speak Example sentences
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lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
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requiring sitting; involving little exercise or physical activity; living in one area, not migratory
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the case for sword blade; sheath
sophistry  Speak Example sentences
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decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
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single-mast sailing boat
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fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
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the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
stratum  Speak Example sentences
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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untidy; careless in work habits
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a young tree, especially one with a slender trunk
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severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply