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 5000 Words Level 2 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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affliction  Speak Example sentences
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daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
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cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
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short and thick; stocky; containing small thick pieces
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order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; an act of commanding; exercise of authority
animosity  Speak Example sentences
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testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
apparel  Speak Example sentences
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act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving by force or by physical or moral constraint
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external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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small room, especially in which a lady may retire to be alone or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room
arsenic  Speak Example sentences
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a solid substance resembling metal in physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals
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external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
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to question someone after a military mission to obtain intelligence
ascertain  Speak Example sentences
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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small room, especially in which a lady may retire to be alone or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room
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find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
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clean, deepen, or widen with scooping or suction devices, especially in harbor, waterway, and underwater mining
audit  Speak Example sentences
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establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence
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examination of accounts; adjustment or correction of accounts
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supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for a special occasion
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helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
barren  Speak Example sentences
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impermeable to air or other gases; having no weak points; sound
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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written statement made under oath
bland  Speak Example sentences
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
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act of cleaving or splitting; breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
callous  Speak Example sentences
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
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short and thick; stocky; containing small thick pieces
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
chaste  Speak Example sentences
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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ceremony of crowning queen or king
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process of making things clearer or easier to understand
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morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest