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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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create  Speak Example sentences
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
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container in which an electric motor pumps the coolant around
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recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits
criminal  Speak Example sentences
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low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
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one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by the verdict, confession, or proof
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an act that violates the rules of a sport
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recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits
diet  Speak Example sentences
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one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by the verdict, confession, or proof
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from this place; from this time; from this reason; as an inference or deduction
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a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel
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nutritional plan; nourishment; a prescribed selection of foods
document  Speak Example sentences
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brink; perimeter; margin
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visual representation; representation of a person
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set up or found; build
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provide written evidence; record in detail
draft  Speak Example sentences
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opportunity to be heard; capacity to hear; judicial investigation of a suit at law
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a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
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not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
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rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
electrical  Speak Example sentences
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pertaining to electricity;  electric
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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having or deserving glory; famous; characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent; wonderful
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place of the dead, or souls after death where sinners suffer eternal punishment; any place of pain and turmoil
establish  Speak Example sentences
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not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
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set up or found; build
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having or deserving glory; famous; characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent; wonderful
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from this place; from this time; from this reason; as an inference or deduction
exhibit  Speak Example sentences
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one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by the verdict, confession, or proof
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brink; perimeter; margin
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protection against future loss; act, business, or system of insuring
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the show, make visible or apparent
forward  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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at or to or toward the front; toward the future
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rear; promote the growth of; help develop
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recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits
gang  Speak Example sentences
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money; general acceptance or use
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beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor
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set up or found; build
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group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk