5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 506
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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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settle
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verb
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We settled our affairs.
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concluded
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verb
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They settled in the new world.
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colonized
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verb
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They settled the argument.
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resolved
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verb
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The house settled and cracked.
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sank
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verb
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We need to settle our nerves.
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calm
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settlement
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noun
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The settlement was about 200 people.
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colony
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noun
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We had a good settlement with them.
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compensation
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seven
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adj.
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There were seven brothers.
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7
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seventeen
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noun
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She was seventeen.
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17 years old
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seventh
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adj.
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He was the seventh child.
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ordinal 7
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seventy
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noun
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She was seventy and still spry.
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70 years old
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several
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adj.
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We went there several times.
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a few
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adj.
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They departed and went their several ways.
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different, various
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