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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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legislation  Speak Example sentences
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powerful; having the power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
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having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; causing to exist
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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lawmaking; the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body
lucrative  Speak Example sentences
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act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
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profitable; producing a good profit
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ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
magnetic  Speak Example sentences
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appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing
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past due; not paid at the scheduled time; late; delayed
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ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
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having the properties of attracting iron or steel; captivating; attractive;  being to draw or pull
mar  Speak Example sentences
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art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
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spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
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a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force
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past due; not paid at the scheduled time; late; delayed
ministry  Speak Example sentences
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act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
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tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
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section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
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having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; causing to exist
missile  Speak Example sentences
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cast out; degraded; excluded from a society
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standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
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a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
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the weapon that is thrown or projected;  rocket carrying instruments or warhead
morbid  Speak Example sentences
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a loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; cloak as a symbol of authority; covering; envelope
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caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
norm  Speak Example sentences
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freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
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a flat float made of logs or planks;  a large number or amount or extent
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convention; standard; rule
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receiver; one that receives or is receptive
orchestra  Speak Example sentences
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the feeling of sickness in the stomach by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust
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ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
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a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
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section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
outcast  Speak Example sentences
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someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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cast out; degraded; excluded from a society
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pierce; go through; permeate