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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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skillful; handy; agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance; attractive
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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single person or thing; human regarded as a unique personality
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go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
credit  Speak Example sentences
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move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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face; confront;  meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
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the commercial center of a town or city
critical  Speak Example sentences
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; closed hand
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act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
dramatic  Speak Example sentences
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deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
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a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
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striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
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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face; confront;  meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
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imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
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compatibility in opinion and action; an agreeable sound property
encounter  Speak Example sentences
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face; confront;  meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
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sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
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rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
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bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
fake  Speak Example sentences
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imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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extreme anger; raging; full of activity; energetic or rapid
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excellent; extraordinary;  strange in form, conception, or appearance
familiar  Speak Example sentences
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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excellent; extraordinary;  strange in form, conception, or appearance
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well known or easily recognized
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sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
flip  Speak Example sentences
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flow and spread suddenly; flood
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clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
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go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
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single person or thing; human regarded as a unique personality
furious  Speak Example sentences
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rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
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single person or thing; human regarded as a unique personality
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move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously
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extreme anger; raging; full of activity; energetic or rapid