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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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credit  Speak Example sentences
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dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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an inborn pattern of behavior; nature
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
cue  Speak Example sentences
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hold fast or firmly; seize as in a wrestling match
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take away or remove; reduce; go or come after and bring or take back
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the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
defendant  Speak Example sentences
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one required to make answer in an action or suit
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money given as a guarantee or security
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face; confront;  meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
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act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
desert  Speak Example sentences
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long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
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an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
disorder  Speak Example sentences
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ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty
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neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
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be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb
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long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
ditch  Speak Example sentences
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dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
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one required to make answer in an action or suit
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long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
encounter  Speak Example sentences
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an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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extreme; acute; in an extreme degree
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basis on which something is grounded
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face; confront;  meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
essay  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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ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty
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composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than a formal paper
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be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb
fancy  Speak Example sentences
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capricious notion; something many people believe that is false
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rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
foster  Speak Example sentences
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rear; promote the growth of; help develop
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exertion of force; capacity for work or vigorous activity; usable heat or power
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing