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 5000 Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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acumen  Speak Example sentences
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failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
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mental keenness; quickness of perception
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belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
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a float, especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position
adobe  Speak Example sentences
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clay; brick; sun-dried brick; structure built with this type of brick
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rebuke or scold angrily and at length
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secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
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weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
alteration  Speak Example sentences
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something that discourages; tending to deter
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worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
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space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
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a passage from one form or state to another; change
appendage  Speak Example sentences
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something appended to or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it
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cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated
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worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own religion, race, or politics
assertive  Speak Example sentences
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
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positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
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using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
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list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
bequest  Speak Example sentences
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own religion, race, or politics
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belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
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hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
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inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
berth  Speak Example sentences
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moved by sexual love; loving
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space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
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something that discourages; tending to deter
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support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
bilingual  Speak Example sentences
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greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
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something appended to or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it
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a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
caricature  Speak Example sentences
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inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
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worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean
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a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash
circumvent  Speak Example sentences
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goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; a symbol of abundance
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surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
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weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial