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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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investigate  Speak Example sentences
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explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
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act of proving; trial period
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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make a proposal, declare a plan for something
kidney  Speak Example sentences
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building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody
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consent to; give permission
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the glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body
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explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
layoff  Speak Example sentences
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strong feeling or emotion; fervor
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dismissal of employees from their jobs
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having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; influenced or controlled by a powerful force
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
maintenance  Speak Example sentences
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covered and enclosed entrance to the building; the covered passage
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act against or in opposition to; show a response or a reaction
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preservation; support; continuance; court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another
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wonderful; extraordinarily good
misrepresent  Speak Example sentences
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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express the need or desire for; ask for
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place on a waterway with facilities for loading and unloading ships
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fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
mission  Speak Example sentences
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an assignment that is given to a person or group; an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; job or task
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strong feeling or emotion; fervor
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a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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make a proposal, declare a plan for something
passion  Speak Example sentences
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a person who has an unusually strong interest in an activity or subject
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make a proposal, declare a plan for something
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strong feeling or emotion; fervor
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passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
philosophy  Speak Example sentences
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body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
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worthy of notice; extraordinary
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preceding in the order of time; former; previous
policy  Speak Example sentences
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building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody
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settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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wonderful; extraordinarily good
positive  Speak Example sentences
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wonderful; extraordinarily good
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
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settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration