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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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currency  Speak Example sentences
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a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
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investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
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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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money; general acceptance or use
destructive  Speak Example sentences
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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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take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture
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line; proceed in one line
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causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
detective  Speak Example sentences
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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
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rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
entry  Speak Example sentences
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toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
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worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
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admission; entrance; item inserted in a written record
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bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
episode  Speak Example sentences
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related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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money; general acceptance or use
facility  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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collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
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deserving of blame; adjudged to have committed crime
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service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
fleet  Speak Example sentences
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a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
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a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
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the motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
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detect; find out; discover
global  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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deserving of blame; adjudged to have committed crime
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causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
glow  Speak Example sentences
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related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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pledge that something will happen or that something is true
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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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ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty
grant  Speak Example sentences
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offend; affront; treat, mention, or speak to rudely
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a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
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set free from restraint; set at liberty; release; give or transfer
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allow to have; give based on merit; be willing to concede