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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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create  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
Exercise
suspend; fasten to some elevated point without support from below; hold for support
Exercise
from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
Exercise
make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
crystal  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass
Exercise
feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
Exercise
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
Exercise
eradicate; abolish; rule out
defeat  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
Exercise
technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
Exercise
act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
Exercise
disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
discount  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
Exercise
give a reduction in price on
Exercise
long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Exercise
suspend; fasten to some elevated point without support from below; hold for support
disorder  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
Exercise
long usually narrow room; covered corridor
Exercise
quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass
Exercise
plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
dock  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
Exercise
deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Exercise
eradicate; abolish; rule out
Exercise
well known or easily recognized
eliminate  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
Exercise
extreme anger; raging; full of activity; energetic or rapid
Exercise
eradicate; abolish; rule out
Exercise
ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty
fabulous  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Exercise
neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
Exercise
related in fable; devised; invented; not real
Exercise
disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
fake  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
Exercise
dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn
Exercise
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; unwilling to hear or listen; regardless; not to be persuaded
Exercise
ornamental circlet or head covering, made of gold  with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty
familiar  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
well known or easily recognized
Exercise
long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Exercise
give a reduction in price on
Exercise
model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number