5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 406
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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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persist
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verb
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His illness persists in spite of help.
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lingers
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person
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noun
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That person is my mother.
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individual
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noun
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We searched his person for drugs.
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body
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personal
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adj.
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This is my personal car.
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private
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adj.
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They gave us personal care.
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individual
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adj.
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I have something personal to tell you.
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intimate
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personality
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noun
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He was a well known personality.
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celebrity
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personnel
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noun
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The personnel here are hard workers.
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staff
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perspective
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noun
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Look at it from my perspective.
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viewpoint
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noun
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From here the perspective is wondrous.
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landscape
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persuasion
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noun
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We will use persuasion to change him.
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reason
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pest
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noun
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Mosquitoes are a major pest.
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annoyance
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