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Jolt

/dʒˈoʊlt/
B2
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(verb) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

The car gave a jolt.
Suddenly I felt something like a jolt.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The news gave her a sudden ____, and she had to sit down to process what she had just heard today.

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