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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining
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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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emit a brief burst of light; appear briefly; a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
destructive  Speak Example sentences
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stream; flow; up-to-date; present
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causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass
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state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; thankfulness
dodge  Speak Example sentences
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the show, make visible or apparent
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avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
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favorable public reputation; great renown
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a person who inherits some title or office
emergency  Speak Example sentences
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stream; flow; up-to-date; present
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recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits
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sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
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move by successive leaps, as toads do; spring or jump on one foot
exclusive  Speak Example sentences
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exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
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move by successive leaps, as toads do; spring or jump on one foot
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extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining
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not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
exhibit  Speak Example sentences
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state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; thankfulness
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the show, make visible or apparent
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
faith  Speak Example sentences
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great number; person entertaining guests
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aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
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be worthy of; have a right to
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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
fake  Speak Example sentences
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imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
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great number; person entertaining guests
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state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; thankfulness
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exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
fort  Speak Example sentences
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a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
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filled to satisfaction with food or drink; containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
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recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits
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rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
forward  Speak Example sentences
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at or to or toward the front; toward the future
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causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
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shine with intense or white heat; give forth vivid light and heat; exhibit a strong, bright color