5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 197
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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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fever
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noun
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He worked himself into a fever.
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dither
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few
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adj.
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I would like a few apples.
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several
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noun
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I like pears. Bring me a few.
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some
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fiber
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noun
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Fiber is an important part of a diet.
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roughage
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noun
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This fiber will make good cloth.
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thread
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fiction
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noun
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Fiction makes good reading.
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novel
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noun
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That excuse is pure fiction.
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untrue
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field
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noun
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The farmer planted corn in his field.
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land
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noun
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That is not my field or study.
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sphere
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fierce
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adj.
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She had a fierce look on her face.
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cruel
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adj.
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We saw a fierce animal walking.
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savage
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fifteen
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adj.
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The boy was fifteen years old.
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15
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fifteenth
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adj.
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He was the fifteenth person to come.
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ordinal 15
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