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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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aid  Speak Example sentences
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tell someone confidently that something is true; guarantee; convince
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person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant
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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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jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface
alien  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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place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
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passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
banner  Speak Example sentences
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struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
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flag; sign; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France
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invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate
bargain  Speak Example sentences
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causing fear, dread, or terror; extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible
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light and humorous drama with a happy ending
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agreement between parties concerning the sale of property
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
bless  Speak Example sentences
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solid thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
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make or pronounce holy; consecrate; make happy
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a small room or apartment; room for privacy
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invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate
bonus  Speak Example sentences
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assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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flag; sign; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
bull  Speak Example sentences
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pasteboard for paper boxes; pasteboard box
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division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
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greatly loved; dear to the heart
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male of any species of cattle; large, strong, and aggressive person; optimist regarding business conditions
bush  Speak Example sentences
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invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate
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dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
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place abounding in trees or shrubs; the wild forest
cable  Speak Example sentences
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portable, often flat case with a handle, used for carrying papers or books
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public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
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invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate
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solid thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
challenge  Speak Example sentences
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band or organized company of singers, especially in church service
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assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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make an offer of; propose; offer in words; declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance
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causing fear, dread, or terror; extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible