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 5000 Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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salvage  Speak Example sentences
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beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
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deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
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become smaller or draw together; compress
score  Speak Example sentences
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occurring or developing later than desired or expected; delayed
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disloyalty; betrayal of trust or confidence
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give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
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act of getting the point in a game or sport;  facts about an actual situation
sibling  Speak Example sentences
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travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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brother or sister; member of a family born to the same parents
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paddle; walk through relatively shallow water
skunk  Speak Example sentences
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offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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occurring or developing later than desired or expected; delayed
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keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
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any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to America; despicable person
sophisticated  Speak Example sentences
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selling of goods to consumers
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wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
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experiment; an act of testing; examination of evidence to determine the charges or claims
spike  Speak Example sentences
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a sort of very large nail; a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward
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wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
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barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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selling of goods to consumers
sticky  Speak Example sentences
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not readily approached; remote; not friendly or sociable; aloof; emotionally unresponsive and detached
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glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness
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brother or sister; member of a family born to the same parents
tender  Speak Example sentences
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strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
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offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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selling of goods to consumers
thrust  Speak Example sentences
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money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something
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push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
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wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
transparent  Speak Example sentences
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position relative to others; standing
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having fear; afraid, frightened
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justify; authorize; guarantee, or attest to the quality
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easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely