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 5000 Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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relish  Speak Example sentences
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join again; unite after separation; come, or go, again into the presence of
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
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conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
renounce  Speak Example sentences
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
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abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
reprehensible  Speak Example sentences
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typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
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involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
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deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
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short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
resuscitate  Speak Example sentences
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restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive
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conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
spear  Speak Example sentences
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a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
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upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
sphinx  Speak Example sentences
6
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
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in Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head upon the body of a lion
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disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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one who shirks work or responsibility; one who tries to evade military service in wartime
splice  Speak Example sentences
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cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into tiny pieces; cut or rend lengthwise; slit
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in Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head upon the body of a lion
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involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
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fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
staggering  Speak Example sentences
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scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
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a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice
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causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
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sharp-edged fragment of anything split or shivered off in the direction of its length; a thin piece of wood
stance  Speak Example sentences
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
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short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
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vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
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causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
stereotype  Speak Example sentences
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fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
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a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
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sharp-edged fragment of anything split or shivered off in the direction of its length; a thin piece of wood