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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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crucial  Speak Example sentences
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draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
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aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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end; objective; final purpose or aim
deck  Speak Example sentences
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a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel
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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
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sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
defeat  Speak Example sentences
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having or deserving glory; famous; characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent; wonderful
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a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
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more than adequate; willing to give and share unstintingly
display  Speak Example sentences
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shine with intense or white heat; give forth vivid light and heat; exhibit a strong, bright color
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forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
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opportunity to be heard; capacity to hear; judicial investigation of a suit at law
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exhibit; present or hold up to view; show; demonstrate; give evidence of; manifest
enormous  Speak Example sentences
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very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
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move by successive leaps, as toads do; spring or jump on one foot
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
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the show, make visible or apparent
exhibit  Speak Example sentences
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the show, make visible or apparent
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aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
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very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
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small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
faith  Speak Example sentences
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authentic; real; true
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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
fist  Speak Example sentences
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lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
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move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
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shine with intense or white heat; give forth vivid light and heat; exhibit a strong, bright color
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hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; closed hand
fuss  Speak Example sentences
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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opportunity to be heard; capacity to hear; judicial investigation of a suit at law
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lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
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draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
gallery  Speak Example sentences
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long usually narrow room; covered corridor
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of or relating to the science of gene; relating to, or influenced by the origin of something
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dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
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gain from labor, business, property, or capital