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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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revenue  Speak Example sentences
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
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of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
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woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
septic  Speak Example sentences
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cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
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stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
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upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
span  Speak Example sentences
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duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
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something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor
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process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
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lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
splash  Speak Example sentences
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helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
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very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
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framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
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cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
stereo  Speak Example sentences
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stereophonic sound-reproduction system
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the sensation of dryness in the throat
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woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
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famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
submit  Speak Example sentences
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refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present
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lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
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contend by grappling with and striving to trip or throw down an opponent; struggle or strive earnestly
superficial  Speak Example sentences
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a small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
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entrance; the starting point for a new state or experience
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trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
symptom  Speak Example sentences
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cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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the lamp that produces an intense beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; the focus of public attention
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sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
thesis  Speak Example sentences
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cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
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change in outward structure or looks; convert
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one who binds himself to answer for another and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother
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paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
threshold  Speak Example sentences
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upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
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very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
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call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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entrance; the starting point for a new state or experience