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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resign  Speak Example sentences
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extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; happen
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act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
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sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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broad, flat, wooden bar; slat or slot; narrow opening; slit; the position of employment
salute  Speak Example sentences
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quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
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man who speaks on behalf of another or others
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act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
scrape  Speak Example sentences
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gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
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contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
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act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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import or export without paying customs duties
sequence  Speak Example sentences
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give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
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sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
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fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
soak  Speak Example sentences
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cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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branch of philosophy which treats the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science
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one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
stabilize  Speak Example sentences
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act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
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become stable or more stable
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serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
straightforward  Speak Example sentences
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any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank
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very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
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a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
superb  Speak Example sentences
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the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
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axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against
tame  Speak Example sentences
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remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
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domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
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seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
transmission  Speak Example sentences
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any English coin of standard value; coined money
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cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern