5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 527
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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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slender
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adj.
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She was a slender young lady.
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thin
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adj.
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You have a slender chance of success.
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slight
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slice
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noun
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He cut the melon and gave us a slice.
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piece
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slide
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noun
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The truck was stopped after a slide.
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skid
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verb
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We will slide into a ditch on the ice.
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slip
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noun
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The slide blocked the road.
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landslide
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slight
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adj.
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He had only a slight chance of success.
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meager
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adj.
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She made a slight miscalculation.
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insignificant
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slim
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adj.
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His chances are slim.
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remote
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adj.
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She had a slim figure.
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svelte
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slip
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verb
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She slipped on the ice.
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stumbled
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verb
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She slipped out of class.
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sneaked
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noun
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It was a slip of the tongue.
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blunder
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