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 5000 Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rein  Speak Example sentences
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a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing or governing
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
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nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
revoke  Speak Example sentences
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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huge marine mammal of the seal family, a native of the Arctic Ocean
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cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
rhetoric  Speak Example sentences
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art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
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a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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cheap in nature or appearance;  tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
scrumptious  Speak Example sentences
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one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work
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speak or write evasively; pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
sect  Speak Example sentences
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
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make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
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unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
sledgehammer  Speak Example sentences
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kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen; impair the respiration of; asphyxiate
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female fox; a woman regarded as quarrelsome, shrewish, or malicious
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naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
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long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work
spontaneity  Speak Example sentences
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naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
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draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
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continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
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kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen; impair the respiration of; asphyxiate
tassel  Speak Example sentences
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male hawk; a kind of bur used in dressing cloth; flower or head of some plants, as when pendent; a narrow silk ribbon
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temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of debt; lessening of intensity or degree
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cheap in nature or appearance;  tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
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draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
tentative  Speak Example sentences
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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dependable; stocky; euphemisms for fat
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sharp-edged fragment of anything split or shivered off in the direction of its length; a thin piece of wood
toupee  Speak Example sentences
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huge marine mammal of the seal family, a native of the Arctic Ocean
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large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top
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partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot
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breathing; the process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells