Pair of Words from CSS year 2000 Need: Meaning: require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable: Sentence: I need your help now Knead: Meaning: work (moistened flour or clay) into dough or paste with the hands or massage or squeeze with the hands. Sentence: She kneaded his back Queue: Meaning: a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something Sentence: There was a long queue of traffic stretching down the road. Cue: Meaning: a signal for someone to do something Sentence: They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party. Quarts: Meaning: a unit of liquid measure of capacity. Sentence: You spilled a quart of water on my table. Quartz: Meaning: a hard mineral consisting of silica, found widely in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Sentence: The rocks i have used contain some quartz, which may help to create the effect we want. Choral: Meaning: of a chorus or a choir, Sentence: Choral singing became a matter of national pride. Coral: Meaning: the hard, stony skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps. Sentence: What you will not find here are pristine corals. Discrete: Meaning: separate and distinct. Sentence: These are discrete projects, and their funding records should be kept separate. Discreet: Meaning: careful and prudent in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential. Sentence: Discreet silence over the matter. Epic: Meaning: An epic is a story or long poem telling the tale of a fictional or historical hero. Sentence: Epic tale that favors the bizarre. Epoch: Meaning: a period of time considered in terms of noteworthy and characteristic events, developments, persons, etc
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