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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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critical  Speak Example sentences
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance
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eradicate; abolish; rule out
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rear; promote the growth of; help develop
crucial  Speak Example sentences
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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eradicate; abolish; rule out
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misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
disorder  Speak Example sentences
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bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
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neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
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investigate systematically; examine; search
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exhibit; present or hold up to view; show; demonstrate; give evidence of; manifest
ego  Speak Example sentences
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money; general acceptance or use
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investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
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self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; exaggerated sense of self-importance
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feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance
emergency  Speak Example sentences
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sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
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exciting, or tending to horror or fear; hideous
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foolish or stupid person; unlearned, ignorant, or simple person
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misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
explore  Speak Example sentences
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exciting, or tending to horror or fear; hideous
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investigate systematically; examine; search
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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oil; fat; state of being covered with unclean things
faith  Speak Example sentences
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pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
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a short trip that taken to perform a specified task; mission; embassy
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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
fist  Speak Example sentences
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money; general acceptance or use
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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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mute; lacking the power of speech
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hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; closed hand
fitting  Speak Example sentences
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
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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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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
float  Speak Example sentences
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pledge that something will happen or that something is true
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drift along; make the surface of level or smooth; move lightly
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collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
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more than adequate; willing to give and share unstintingly