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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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magistrate  Speak Example sentences
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a civil officer with the power to administer and enforce the law
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ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over
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dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place
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legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
manure  Speak Example sentences
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invalid; void; nullified; having no legal force; invalid
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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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fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible; unresponsive; indifferent
mechanism  Speak Example sentences
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device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
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virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
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a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
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short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
mercenary  Speak Example sentences
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interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
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lacking in energy or will;  peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
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failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
motto  Speak Example sentences
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hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
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torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
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not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
moustache  Speak Example sentences
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virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
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failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
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hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
mushroom  Speak Example sentences
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having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; causing to exist
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based or acting on the error; misled; lacking proper guidance
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multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
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exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
numb  Speak Example sentences
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without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible; unresponsive; indifferent
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of or about knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
orchestra  Speak Example sentences
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lacking in energy or will;  peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
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spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
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a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
overlook  Speak Example sentences
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ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over
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legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
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multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
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a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle