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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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create  Speak Example sentences
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insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
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make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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money; general acceptance or use
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the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
cute  Speak Example sentences
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dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn
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from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
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long usually narrow room; covered corridor
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ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty
debate  Speak Example sentences
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protection against future loss; act, business, or system of insuring
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discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
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unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
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be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
decent  Speak Example sentences
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unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
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long usually narrow room; covered corridor
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suitable; modest.; honorable; meeting accepted standards
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
disorder  Speak Example sentences
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kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
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money; general acceptance or use
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act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
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neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
episode  Speak Example sentences
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union; an act of melting together by heat
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investigate systematically; examine; search
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a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
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misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
exotic  Speak Example sentences
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plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
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be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
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keep from departing; take and maintain control over; stop dealing with
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from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
explore  Speak Example sentences
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investigate systematically; examine; search
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polite behavior; the act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of the fact
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money; general acceptance or use
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provide written evidence; record in detail
final  Speak Example sentences
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a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
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the whole number of copies of a work printed and published; single copy; the act of editing
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forming or occurring at the end; terminating; ultimate; conclusive
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discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
fuss  Speak Example sentences
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dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn
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provide written evidence; record in detail
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neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
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angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel