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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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counter  Speak Example sentences
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deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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capable of arousing and holding the attention
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the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite
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insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
cue  Speak Example sentences
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mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
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admission; entrance; item inserted in a written record
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
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union; an act of melting together by heat
defendant  Speak Example sentences
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an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
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insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
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one required to make answer in an action or suit
desert  Speak Example sentences
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a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
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capable of arousing and holding the attention
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an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
found  Speak Example sentences
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exciting, or tending to horror or fear; hideous
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capable of arousing and holding the attention
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beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor
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establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence;  melt metal and pour into a mold
fragile  Speak Example sentences
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the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite
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a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
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give advice to someone; suggest
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easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
freak  Speak Example sentences
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getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
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an inborn pattern of behavior; nature
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give advice to someone; suggest
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rare and unpredictable event; person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
fusion  Speak Example sentences
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the motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
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beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor
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an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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union; an act of melting together by heat
generation  Speak Example sentences
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an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
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imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
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all offspring at the same stage from an ancestor; interval between the birth of parents and their offspring
gesture  Speak Example sentences
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one required to make answer in an action or suit
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worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
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place of the dead, or souls after death where sinners suffer eternal punishment; any place of pain and turmoil
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the motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling