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A cappella unaccompanied by musical instruments
Acquaintance To know each other
Affair Celebration
Align To form a line
Apologized To make apology
Beard Hair on face of a man
Bragging to talk with excessive pride about an achievement or possession
Bread winner Person who work for their family
Bunch a large number of people or things Expect a whole bunch of new features in the next version.
Bureaucracy a state or organization operated by a hierarchy of paid officials
Cavort to behave in a physically lively and uninhibited way
Chap gentleman
Cheap Less expense
Chuckled To laugh quietly
Clatter rattle
Converted To transfer to another
Creaking To make prolonged squeaking noise
Crease a straight line formed in clothing or fabric by pressing
Creative able to create things Humans are a creative species
Creep tiptoe
Cultivate to improve or develop something, usually by study or education cultivating her interest in science
Curse a swearword, obscenity, or blasphemous oath
Dangle to swing or hang loosely, or cause something to swing or hang loosely The children dangled their legs over the side of the swimming pool.
Despair somebody or something that makes somebody feel hopeless or exasperated He was the despair of his soccer coach.
Dip to put something briefly into a liquid or soft mixture and take it out again He dips his hand into his pocket.
Disarray a disorganized and confused state The meeting was thrown into disarray by the surprise announcement.
Dislodge leave such a position
Dunk smell
Embarrass to become or cause somebody to become painfully self-conscious, ill at ease, ashamed, or humiliated He's easily embarrassed
Enchant to charm, delight, or captivate somebody
Enduring persisting or surviving in the face of difficulties
Enlivens to make somebody or something more lively or interesting
Evidently used to indicate that something is undoubtedly true, often because it is there to be seen Evidently, you have not grasped all the ramifications of this proposal.
Excitement the feeling or condition of lively enjoyment or pleasant anticipation finding it difficult to contain her excitement
Explore to discover what it is like or what is there Many people explore to find the answer to their question
Fermentation the breakdown of carbohydrates by microorganisms
Feud a bitter prolonged violent quarrel
Foreshadow to indicate or suggest something
Fund handlers
Fungi Any of a group of non-green plants
Geopardize
Guarantee something that assures a specific outcome There’s no guarantee that the plan will work.
Gutter a metal or plastic channel attached to the eaves of a roof for carrying away rainwater She dragged me out of the gutter and made me respect myself.
Humor content of something such as a story, performance, or joke that elicits amusement and laughter couldn't see the humor in it
Humorous intended to be amusing and make people laugh
Hunch an intuitive feeling about something
Hush to become silent, or make somebody do this
Inconvenience the quality or fact of being inconvenient or causing discomfort, difficulty, or annoyance
Instance an example of a particular situation or event cited several instances of plagiarism
Instinctive relating to, prompted by, or based on a strong natural impulse an instinctive fear of water
Inveterate fixed in a habit or practice, especially a bad one
Lease a legal contract allowing somebody exclusive possession of another's property for a specific time in return for a payment We've lease a cottage from friends.
Loan an amount of money given to somebody on the condition that it will be paid back later
Manipulate to move, operate, or handle something, especially a machine or mechanical parts
Metamorphosis a complete or marked change of physical form, structure, or substance the overnight metamorphosis of the pond water into ice
Morsel a small piece of something, especially of food
Motive the reason for doing something or behaving in a specific way
Nervousness having a feeling of dread or apprehension
Numb unable to feel or have sensations, e.g. as a result of extreme cold or the application of a local anesthetic
Obedience the act or practice of following instructions, complying with rules or regulations, or submitting to somebody's authority
Occasion a particular time, especially a time when something happens He has no occasion to criticize me.
Optimum the best out of a number of possible options or outcomes Optimum trading conditions
Orchard an area of land on which fruit or nut trees are grown, especially commercially
Overwhelm to affect somebody's emotions in a complete or irresistible way
Owes to feel that something should be given to or done for somebody in recompense for something I owe myself a night out
Paces Single steps or its distance
Pat to touch somebody or something repeatedly with the palm of the hand, e.g. to show affection or to congratulate somebody
Peddler somebody who travels from place to place selling goods
phaton
philatelist
Physician somebody qualified to practice medicine
pledge A security, pawn
Plunks to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument, especially in an inexpert or inexpressive way, or make the sound of a string being plucked
Precious worth a great deal of money Your friendship is very precious to me.
Puddles a shallow pool of water,
Puny very small or thin and weak
Puppet a doll
Ravage to plunder or sack a place or area a village ravaged of all its valuables by army deserters
Reminisce To remember
Remnant to kill something or somebody, especially an animal
Routine a rehearsed set of movements, actions, or speeches that make up a performance her gymnastic routine on the parallel bars
Ruin the physical remains of something such as a building or city that has decayed or been destroyed
Scope freedom, space, or capacity to act not much scope for originality
Seize to take a hold of an object quickly and firmly seized the letter from his hand
Sheer used to emphasize the unlimited extent or unmitigated quality of something That explanation is sheer nonsense.
Shrug to raise and drop the shoulders briefly, especially to indicate indifference or lack of knowledge
Shuck the husk, pod, or shell of something such as a nut, pea, or ear of corn
Society the sum of social relationships among groups of humans or animals
Spectrum a range of values, especially one with opposite values at its limits a spectrum of opinions between the two extremes
Spit to expel saliva forcefully from the mouth
Sprawling to extend over or across something in a disordered, awkward, or ugly way handwritten notes sprawled across the page
Squinted to half-close the eyes so as to see better a photo of them squinting into the camera in bright sunlight
Stalls a booth, table, counter, or compartment set up to display goods for sale or information to give out
stark truth
Strive to try hard to achieve or get something
Substrates
Suburbs a district, especially a residential one, on the edge of a city or large town
Summer the warmest season of the year My summer was full of joy
talisman something believed to have magical properties
Tap to hit something or somebody lightly
Tattered ragged or torn to shreds
Tend to manage something, especially something that needs constant supervision tend bar
Timid demonstrating a lack of courage or self-assurance
Trade the activity of buying and selling, or sometimes bartering, goods a suspension of trade between the two countries
Tyrant an absolute ruler who exercises power cruelly and unjustly
Usurious the lending of money at an exorbitant rate of interest
utterance something said or emitted as a vocal sound
Vagrant a wanderer who has no permanent place to live
Wicked very wrong or very bad
Wrinkles a line or crease between small folds of skin that forms on the face as a result of aging or exposure to the sun
Shabby
Zipper
Portrait
Scrumptious
Comparative
Waif a homeless or friendless person, especially an abandoned child
Multitude Huge number or huge amount
Matutinal
Resemble Be a similar to
Neutralize counterbalance
| Spelled word | meaning | Used it in the sentence | ||
| A cappella | unaccompanied by musical instruments | | ||
| Acquaintance | To know each other | | ||
| Affair | Celebration | | ||
| Align | To form a line | | ||
| Apologized | To make apology | | ||
| Beard | Hair on face of a man | | ||
| Bragging | to talk with excessive pride about an achievement or possession | | ||
| Bread winner | Person who work for their family | | ||
| Bunch | a large number of people or things | Expect a whole bunch of new features in the next version. | ||
| Bureaucracy | a state or organization operated by a hierarchy of paid officials | | ||
| Cavort | to behave in a physically lively and uninhibited way | | ||
| Chap | gentleman | | ||
| Cheap | Less expense | | ||
| Chuckled | To laugh quietly | | ||
| Clatter | rattle | | ||
| Converted | To transfer to another | | ||
| Creaking | To make prolonged squeaking noise | | ||
| Crease | a straight line formed in clothing or fabric by pressing | | ||
| Creative | able to create things | Humans are a creative | ||
| Creep | tiptoe | | ||
| Cultivate | to improve or develop something, usually by study or education | cultivating her interest in science | ||
| Curse | a swearword, obscenity, or blasphemous oath | | ||
| Dangle | to swing or hang loosely, or cause something to swing or hang loosely | The children dangled their legs over the side of the swimming pool. | ||
| Despair | somebody or something that makes somebody feel hopeless or exasperated | He was the despair of his soccer coach. | ||
| Dip | to put something briefly into a liquid or soft mixture and take it out again | He dips his hand into his pocket. | ||
| Disarray | a disorganized and confused state | The meeting was thrown into disarray by the surprise announcement. | ||
| Dislodge | leave such a position | | ||
| Dunk smell | | | ||
| Embarrass | to become or cause somebody to become painfully self-conscious, ill at ease, ashamed, or humiliated | He's easily embarrassed | ||
| Enchant | to charm, delight, or captivate somebody | | ||
| Enduring | persisting or surviving in the face of difficulties | | ||
| Enlivens | to make somebody or something more lively or interesting | | ||
| Evidently | used to indicate that something is undoubtedly true, often because it is there to be seen | Evidently, you have not grasped all the ramifications of this proposal. | ||
| Excitement | the feeling or condition of lively enjoyment or pleasant anticipation | finding it difficult to contain her excitement | ||
| Explore | to discover what it is like or what is there | Many people explore to find the answer to their question | ||
| Fermentation | the breakdown of carbohydrates by microorganisms | | ||
| Feud | a bitter prolonged violent quarrel | | ||
| Foreshadow | to indicate or suggest something | | ||
| Fund handlers | | | ||
| Fungi | Any of a group of non-green plants | | ||
| Geopardize | | | ||
| Guarantee | something that assures a specific outcome | There’s no guarantee that the plan will work. | ||
| Gutter | a metal or plastic channel attached to the eaves of a roof for carrying away rainwater | She dragged me out of the gutter and made me respect myself. | ||
| Humor | content of something such as a story, performance, or joke that elicits amusement and laughter | couldn't see the humor in it | ||
| Humorous | intended to be amusing and make people laugh | | ||
| Hunch | an intuitive feeling about something | | ||
| Hush | to become silent, or make somebody do this | | ||
| Inconvenience | the quality or fact of being inconvenient or causing discomfort, difficulty, or annoyance | | ||
| Instance | an example of a particular situation or event | cited several instances of plagiarism | ||
| Instinctive | relating to, prompted by, or based on a strong natural impulse | an instinctive fear of water | ||
| Inveterate | fixed in a habit or practice, especially a bad one | | ||
| Lease | a legal contract allowing somebody exclusive possession of another's property for a specific time in return for a payment | We've lease a cottage from friends. | ||
| Loan | an amount of money given to somebody on the condition that it will be paid back later | | ||
| Manipulate | to move, operate, or handle something, especially a machine or mechanical parts | | ||
| Metamorphosis | a complete or marked change of physical form, structure, or substance | the overnight metamorphosis of the pond water into ice | ||
| Morsel | a small piece of something, especially of food | | ||
| Motive | the reason for doing something or behaving in a specific way | | ||
| Nervousness | having a feeling of dread or apprehension | | ||
| Numb | unable to feel or have sensations, e.g. as a result of extreme cold or the application of a local anesthetic | | ||
| Obedience | the act or practice of following instructions, complying with rules or regulations, or submitting to somebody's authority | | ||
| Occasion | a particular time, especially a time when something happens | He has no occasion to criticize me. | ||
| Optimum | the best out of a number of possible options or outcomes | Optimum trading conditions | ||
| Orchard | an area of land on which fruit or nut trees are grown, especially commercially | | ||
| Overwhelm | to affect somebody's emotions in a complete or irresistible way | | ||
| Owes | to feel that something should be given to or done for somebody in recompense for something | I owe myself a night out | ||
| Paces | Single steps or its distance | | ||
| Pat | to touch somebody or something repeatedly with the palm of the hand, e.g. to show affection or to congratulate somebody | | ||
| Peddler | somebody who travels from place to place selling goods | | ||
| phaton | | | ||
| philatelist | | | ||
| Physician | somebody qualified to practice medicine | | ||
| pledge | A security, pawn | | ||
| Plunks | to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument, especially in an inexpert or inexpressive way, or make the sound of a string being plucked | | ||
| Precious | worth a great deal of money | Your friendship is very precious to me. | ||
| Puddles | a shallow pool of water, | | ||
| Puny | very small or thin and weak | | ||
| Puppet | a doll | | ||
| Ravage | to plunder or sack a place or area | a village ravaged of all its valuables by army deserters | ||
| Reminisce | To remember | | ||
| Remnant | to kill something or somebody, especially an animal | | ||
| Routine | a rehearsed set of movements, actions, or speeches that make up a performance | her gymnastic routine on the parallel bars | ||
| Ruin | the physical remains of something such as a building or city that has decayed or been destroyed | | ||
| Scope | freedom, space, or capacity to act | not much scope for originality | ||
| Seize | to take a hold of an object quickly and firmly | seized the letter from his hand | ||
| Sheer | used to emphasize the unlimited extent or unmitigated quality of something | That explanation is sheer nonsense. | ||
| Shrug | to raise and drop the shoulders briefly, especially to indicate indifference or lack of knowledge | | ||
| Shuck | the husk, pod, or shell of something such as a nut, pea, or ear of corn | | ||
| Society | the sum of social relationships among groups of humans or animals | | ||
| Spectrum | a range of values, especially one with opposite values at its limits | a spectrum of opinions between the two extremes | ||
| Spit | to expel saliva forcefully from the mouth | | ||
| Sprawling | to extend over or across something in a disordered, awkward, or ugly way | handwritten notes sprawled across the page | ||
| Squinted | to half-close the eyes so as to see better | a photo of them squinting | ||
| Stalls | a booth, table, counter, or compartment set up to display goods for sale or information to give out | | ||
| stark truth | | | ||
| Strive | to try hard to achieve or get something | | ||
| Substrates | | | ||
| Suburbs | a district, especially a residential one, on the edge of a city or large town | | ||
| Summer | the warmest season of the year | My summer was full of joy | ||
| talisman | something believed to have magical properties | | ||
| Tap | to hit something or somebody lightly | | ||
| Tattered | ragged or torn to shreds | | ||
| Tend | to manage something, especially something that needs constant supervision | tend bar | ||
| Timid | demonstrating a lack of courage or self-assurance | | ||
| Trade | the activity of buying and selling, or sometimes bartering, goods | a suspension of trade | ||
| Tyrant | an absolute ruler who exercises power cruelly and unjustly | | ||
| Usurious | the lending of money at an exorbitant rate of interest | | ||
| utterance | something said or emitted as a vocal sound | | ||
| Vagrant | a wanderer who has no permanent place to live | | ||
| Wicked | very wrong or very bad | | ||
| Wrinkles | a line or crease between small folds of skin that forms on the face as a result of aging or exposure to the sun | | ||
| Shabby | | | ||
| Zipper | | | ||
| Portrait | | | ||
| Scrumptious | | | ||
| Comparative | | | ||
| Waif | a homeless or friendless person, especially an abandoned child | | ||
| Multitude | Huge number or huge amount | | ||
| Matutinal | | | ||
| Resemble | Be a similar to | | ||
| Neutralize | counterbalance | |



