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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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coward  Speak Example sentences
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
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getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
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ability to comprehend; understand and profit from experience; intellect; the power of cognition
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person who lacks courage to face danger; timid
create  Speak Example sentences
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protection against future loss; act, business, or system of insuring
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the show, make visible or apparent
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well known or easily recognized
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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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be worthy of; have a right to
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a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities
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cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
cute  Speak Example sentences
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well known or easily recognized
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ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty
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person who lacks courage to face danger; timid
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a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities
dean  Speak Example sentences
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act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
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not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
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a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities
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causing death; very serious and having an important bad effect in the future
exclusive  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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eradicate; abolish; rule out
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loose, flowing upper garment; ordinary outer dress of woman; official robe of certain professional men
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not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
faith  Speak Example sentences
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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
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compatibility in opinion and action; an agreeable sound property
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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the whole number of copies of a work printed and published; single copy; the act of editing
familiar  Speak Example sentences
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upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
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well known or easily recognized
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
fatal  Speak Example sentences
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causing death; very serious and having an important bad effect in the future
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the pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness
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deserving of blame; adjudged to have committed crime
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excellent; extraordinary;  strange in form, conception, or appearance
fraud  Speak Example sentences
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getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
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be worthy of; have a right to
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quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass
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the pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness