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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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counsel  Speak Example sentences
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money; general acceptance or use
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humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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give advice to someone; suggest
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a person who inherits some title or office
crush  Speak Example sentences
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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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move by successive leaps, as toads do; spring or jump on one foot
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outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
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union; an act of melting together by heat
curb  Speak Example sentences
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act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
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duplicate; alike; being the exact same one
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sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
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bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
currency  Speak Example sentences
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having lost all hope; dangerous; extremely intense
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money; general acceptance or use
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be the right size or shape; conform to some shape or size
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rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
deposit  Speak Example sentences
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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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authentic; real; true
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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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money given as a guarantee or security
document  Speak Example sentences
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unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
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move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
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union; an act of melting together by heat
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provide written evidence; record in detail
draft  Speak Example sentences
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having lost all hope; dangerous; extremely intense
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rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
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loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
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having or deserving glory; famous; characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent; wonderful
federal  Speak Example sentences
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of or relating to central government; national
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move by successive leaps, as toads do; spring or jump on one foot
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sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
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investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
fuss  Speak Example sentences
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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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humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
glow  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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at or to or toward the front; toward the future
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a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
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move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground