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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lump  Speak Example sentences
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a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
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walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
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dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
metaphor  Speak Example sentences
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a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
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implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
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make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
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act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
mortgage  Speak Example sentences
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continuing to exist or develop; existing
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transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
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a person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
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declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future
nominee  Speak Example sentences
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a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
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a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
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application of healing art to mental diseases; a branch of medicine of mental and emotional disorders
offshore  Speak Example sentences
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exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
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application of healing art to mental diseases; a branch of medicine of mental and emotional disorders
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wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
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at some distance from the shore
ongoing  Speak Example sentences
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act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
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continuing to exist or develop; existing
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a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
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cast out; degraded; excluded from a society
outcast  Speak Example sentences
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fruit flesh;  any soft or soggy mass
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percentage; quotient obtained when a part is divided by the whole; part considered in relation to the whole
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moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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cast out; degraded; excluded from a society
outcome  Speak Example sentences
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result; end or consequence; a result of a random trial
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fruit flesh;  any soft or soggy mass
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act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
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exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
pavement  Speak Example sentences
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floor or covering of solid material laid to make a hard and convenient surface for travel
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stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
peculiar  Speak Example sentences
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special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
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implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
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transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
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ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic