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 5000 Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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scruffy  Speak Example sentences
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any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
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shabby; untidy in appearance
scurry  Speak Example sentences
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reddish color; healthy-looking
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
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common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
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go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
sect  Speak Example sentences
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
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interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
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uniform; in complete agreement
spineless  Speak Example sentences
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insignificant or inessential matters; trifles
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curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to the healing art
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interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
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having no spine or spinal column; invertebrate; having no backbone, vigor, or courage; limp; weak
spruce  Speak Example sentences
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coniferous tree of the genus Picea; neat, trim, and smart in appearance
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interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
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violation of allegiance or faith and confidence; willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy
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uniform; in complete agreement
stapler  Speak Example sentences
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move or turn round rapidly; whirl round; move and turn rapidly with the fingers
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write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
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reddish color; healthy-looking
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one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
stationery  Speak Example sentences
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paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
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disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
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fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
subscribe  Speak Example sentences
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
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write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
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uniform; in complete agreement
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reddish color; healthy-looking
termite  Speak Example sentences
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
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go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
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move or turn round rapidly; whirl round; move and turn rapidly with the fingers
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a whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood; white ant
toil  Speak Example sentences
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hesitate or stumble in uttering words; speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; stammer
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curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to the healing art
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reddish color; healthy-looking
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exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey