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 5000 Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retiring  Speak Example sentences
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impressive or sensational; lavishly produced performance; grand
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shy and reserved; modest
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support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
retrieval  Speak Example sentences
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a genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America; flavoring extract made from its capsules
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in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
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act or process of retrieving; recovery; restoration
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
salmon  Speak Example sentences
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indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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huge; capable of making one tremble; terrible
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several species of fish of the Salmonidae family; reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon
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a long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders
shrine  Speak Example sentences
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
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small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
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a long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders
skull  Speak Example sentences
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act or process of retrieving; recovery; restoration
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impressive or sensational; lavishly produced performance; grand
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a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
smug  Speak Example sentences
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fabulous animal with one horn
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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness
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cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly or conceitedly smart; self-satisfied in any respect
spiral  Speak Example sentences
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queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
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material in the surface of the earth
splendid  Speak Example sentences
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the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
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shining; very bright; magnificent; brilliant
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remove the surface from
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admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
stitch  Speak Example sentences
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sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
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the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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justify; authorize; guarantee, or attest to the quality
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studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly or conceitedly smart; self-satisfied in any respect
sustain  Speak Example sentences
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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness
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admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
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drunk or intoxicated; exhausted or worn out
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case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb