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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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costume  Speak Example sentences
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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brink; perimeter; margin
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at or to or toward the front; toward the future
create  Speak Example sentences
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forming or occurring at the end; terminating; ultimate; conclusive
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marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
deliver  Speak Example sentences
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a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities
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set free from restraint; set at liberty; release; give or transfer
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related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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forming or occurring at the end; terminating; ultimate; conclusive
deserve  Speak Example sentences
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gain from labor, business, property, or capital
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be worthy of; have a right to
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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pertaining to electricity;  electric
drown  Speak Example sentences
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kill by submerging and suffocating in water; overwhelm in water; deaden one's awareness of
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of or relating to central government; national
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brink; perimeter; margin
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
element  Speak Example sentences
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a fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
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sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
embarrass  Speak Example sentences
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exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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a fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
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humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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the pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness
fuss  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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play; literary work intended for theater
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
genius  Speak Example sentences
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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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skillful; handy; agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance; attractive
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stream; flow; up-to-date; present
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exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
grief  Speak Example sentences
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pertaining to electricity;  electric
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kill by submerging and suffocating in water; overwhelm in water; deaden one's awareness of
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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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a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities