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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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agency  Speak Example sentences
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clump; cluster; gathering
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of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
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bite and grind with the teeth
annual  Speak Example sentences
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occurring or payable every year
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acknowledge; admit that you have done something wrong
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support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
appeal  Speak Example sentences
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declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
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attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
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opportunity to do something; pause or interval, as from work; a sudden change
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find or declare guilty
bang  Speak Example sentences
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the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
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a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
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occurring or payable every year
barn  Speak Example sentences
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tell someone confidently that something is true; guarantee; convince
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
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impact as from a collision; lump on the body caused by a blow
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the central forward portion of the lower jaw; bottom of the face
beaten  Speak Example sentences
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of or relating to non-military life
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formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted
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plot; intrigue; agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act
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the central forward portion of the lower jaw; bottom of the face
betray  Speak Example sentences
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be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
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a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
blonde  Speak Example sentences
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lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
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of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
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one of two or more things, ideas, or courses of action that may be used; option or choice
bother  Speak Example sentences
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find or declare guilty
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send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly
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annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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acknowledge; admit that you have done something wrong
bunch  Speak Example sentences
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clump; cluster; gathering
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the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
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direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
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basic, center,  or most important part; the essence