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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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bare  Speak Example sentences
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lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
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make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
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harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
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direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
bite  Speak Example sentences
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pierce the skin with teeth; seize with the teeth; sting with a stinger; eat into; have a sharp taste
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direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
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difficult to handle or manage
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harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
blast  Speak Example sentences
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fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
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move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
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rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
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explode; burst; gale; a powerful gust of wind or air
bleed  Speak Example sentences
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emit blood; lose blood; withdraw blood from the body
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passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
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prepare, as food, by cooking in dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal
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direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
boutique  Speak Example sentences
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small shop within a large department store or supermarket
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white crystalline compound drug to relieve pain and reduce fever and inflammation
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revoke; call off; omit or delete
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person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant
business  Speak Example sentences
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complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
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struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
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bite and grind with the teeth
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rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
buzz  Speak Example sentences
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stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
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confusion of activity and gossip; the sound of rapid vibration
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breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply
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do something that cannot be changed; cause to be admitted
cancel  Speak Example sentences
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harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
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emit blood; lose blood; withdraw blood from the body
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revoke; call off; omit or delete
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stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
cellar  Speak Example sentences
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room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground
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rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
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place abounding in trees or shrubs; the wild forest
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fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
challenge  Speak Example sentences
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assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment
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the judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
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prepare, as food, by cooking in dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal