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 3000 Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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quell  Speak Example sentences
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[binh vực] clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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[kiên định] firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
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[chê] person hardened in sin; a person without moral scruples
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[dẹp] extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress;  pacify or quiet
recrimination  Speak Example sentences
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[làm khô] make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
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[mẹ đẻ] everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality
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[thay thế] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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[bị trả đũa] countercharge; counter or mutual accusation; accusation brought by the accused against the accuser
sacrilegious  Speak Example sentences
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[retort] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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[nuôi dưỡng] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
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[vượt] be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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[phạm thánh] acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
sagacious  Speak Example sentences
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[hay thay đổi] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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[mẹ đẻ] everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality
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[kiên định] firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
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[khôn ngoan] perceptive; shrewd; having insight
serpentine  Speak Example sentences
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[dẹp] extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress;  pacify or quiet
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[thay thế] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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[đường tinh] having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
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[rắn] winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
shyster  Speak Example sentences
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[chóng mặt] severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
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[kho] a place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
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[shyster] a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician
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[thoi liên tiếp] beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
simulate  Speak Example sentences
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[mô phỏng] make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
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[ấm] moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
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[đồ sộ] large in volume or bulk;  large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
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[lạc quan] cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
skulk  Speak Example sentences
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[nội tạng] felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
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[trốn] move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
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[renege] deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
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[mô phỏng] make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
succumb  Speak Example sentences
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[chịu thua] submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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[kích thích] sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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[chóng mặt] severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
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[hỗ trợ] direct financial aid by the government
supersede  Speak Example sentences
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[kho] a place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
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[thay thế] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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[làm khô] make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
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[shyster] a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician