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 5000 Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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restraint  Speak Example sentences
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trees usually having narrow leaves
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axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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moderation or limitation; controlling force; loss of freedom; control of feelings
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bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger
revelation  Speak Example sentences
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payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
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act of revealing or disclosing to others what was unknown before; manifestation of divine truth
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pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
salvage  Speak Example sentences
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a lightship used for private pleasure trips
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a distinctive odor that is pleasant; fragrance; perfume
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a medical instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from the body
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
sewer  Speak Example sentences
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a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews
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containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete
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deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
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roll in water, snow, or mud; indulge in; move with difficulty clumsily; plunge into a course or condition
shove  Speak Example sentences
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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soak; make thoroughly wet
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emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects; serious injury to the body
smug  Speak Example sentences
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studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly or conceitedly smart; self-satisfied in any respect
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roll in water, snow, or mud; indulge in; move with difficulty clumsily; plunge into a course or condition
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garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
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stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs
statute  Speak Example sentences
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studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly or conceitedly smart; self-satisfied in any respect
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pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
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a law enacted by the legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
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stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs
steer  Speak Example sentences
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drive; direct;  guide by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or wheel
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enormous scope, power, or influence; huge or colossal
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isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
stoop  Speak Example sentences
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the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
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a law enacted by the legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
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emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects; serious injury to the body
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bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
surrogate  Speak Example sentences
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one that takes position of another; substitute
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soak; make thoroughly wet
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containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete
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arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; burial chamber usually underground