5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 139
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Word
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Type
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Used in a Sentence
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Synonym
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diagram
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noun
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The diagram showed how to do fix it.
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drawing
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dial
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noun
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There were two dials on the radio.
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knobs
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verb
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Dial the police telephone number.
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call
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dialect
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noun
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In China there are many dialects.
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languages
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dialogue
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noun
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We had a pleasant dialogue together.
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talk
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diameter
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noun
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The tree diameter was 3 meters.
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across a circle
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diamond
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noun
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She wore a diamond on her finger.
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jewel
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diary
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noun
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He kept a diary of each day's events.
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journal
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dictate
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verb
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We will dictate exactly what we want.
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decree
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dictation
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noun
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He gave dictation to the secretary.
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said aloud
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dictator
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noun
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Hitler was an evil dictator.
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tyrant
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dictionary
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noun
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He looked up words in a dictionary.
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lexicon
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die
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noun
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You will die if you don't eat well.
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expire
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