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 5000 Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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interim  Speak Example sentences
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the time between one event, process; interval of time
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psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives; sexual desire
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injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
interlude  Speak Example sentences
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a short entertainment on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece
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successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
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something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
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someone seeking revenge; source of harm or ruin; opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome
iodine  Speak Example sentences
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deed; action; act performed for amusement; joke
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being or happening first in a sequence of time; original; primary; fundamental
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nonmetallic element of the halogen group, always occurring in combination
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excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details
jaguar  Speak Example sentences
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excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details
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large and powerful feline animal, ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia; American tiger
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move to act; incite; give rise to; assist with a reminder
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token; a reminder of past; hint, suggestion, notice, or memorial to awaken the memory
laurel  Speak Example sentences
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move to act; incite; give rise to; assist with a reminder
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recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
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evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
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unreal reflection; an optical illusion
lax  Speak Example sentences
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loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
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fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
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pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
loot  Speak Example sentences
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deed; action; act performed for amusement; joke
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torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
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act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
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sociable; going out or away; departing
oblivious  Speak Example sentences
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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unreal reflection; an optical illusion
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injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
pastor  Speak Example sentences
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shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
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roof of the mouth; sense of taste
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being or happening first in a sequence of time; original; primary; fundamental
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sociable; going out or away; departing
precarious  Speak Example sentences
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a species of hickory, growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas
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uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
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act, feel, or give mutually or in return; move back and forth alternately; be complementary or equivalent