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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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costume  Speak Example sentences
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
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dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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the quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect
dawn  Speak Example sentences
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money; general acceptance or use
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feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
delicate  Speak Example sentences
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pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
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throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
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basis on which something is grounded
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a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
delicious  Speak Example sentences
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dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining
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an act that violates the rules of a sport
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one who guards, preserves, or secures; one who has, or is entitled to custody of person or property
depression  Speak Example sentences
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act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits
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one who guards, preserves, or secures; one who has, or is entitled to custody of person or property
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great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause;  feeling of excitement
device  Speak Example sentences
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bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
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technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
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auxiliary activity; activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation
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long usually narrow room; covered corridor
discipline  Speak Example sentences
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time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
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a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
drill  Speak Example sentences
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throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
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bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
embarrass  Speak Example sentences
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a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
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question severely; torture or afflict
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humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
episode  Speak Example sentences
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one who guards, preserves, or secures; one who has, or is entitled to custody of person or property
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low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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grant; an act of giving to a fund or cause
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a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series