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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adore  Speak Example sentences
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worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection
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a ball of thread or cord; thread; something guides or directs anything of a doubtful or intricate nature
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place abounding in trees or shrubs; the wild forest
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public sale of property to the highest bidder
aside  Speak Example sentences
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confederate; partner; collaborator
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public sale of property to the highest bidder
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on, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
audience  Speak Example sentences
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bite and grind with the teeth
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a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
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interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
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make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
bald  Speak Example sentences
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
barbecue  Speak Example sentences
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one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
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talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
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place abounding in trees or shrubs; the wild forest
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
barely  Speak Example sentences
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just; only; hardly; scarcely
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adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
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a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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find or declare guilty
beat  Speak Example sentences
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drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
bud  Speak Example sentences
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one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
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one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
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talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
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foam; dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; fantastic or impracticable idea or belief
cafeteria  Speak Example sentences
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a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
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a small room or apartment; room for privacy
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dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
campus  Speak Example sentences
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coffee house; restaurant where coffee and liquors are served
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direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
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a sort of theatrical representation by dancers
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the field where the buildings of a university are situated