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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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layoff  Speak Example sentences
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pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department
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fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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dismissal of employees from their jobs
lethal  Speak Example sentences
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pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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act of receiving;  acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
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deadly; causing or capable of causing death
log  Speak Example sentences
3
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record of a voyage or flight; a record of day to day activities
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act of receiving;  acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
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prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
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belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
minister  Speak Example sentences
4
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public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
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having or reflecting superior quality or value
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one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department
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act of receiving;  acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
motive  Speak Example sentences
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cite or repeat a passage from; repeat or copy the words of another
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emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
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prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
numerical  Speak Example sentences
6
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belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
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bare and pure; completely unclothed
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adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
original  Speak Example sentences
7
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not second hand; not copied or translated from something else
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remove flaws from; rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean it and make it shine
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washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
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a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; slow gait; step
pace  Speak Example sentences
8
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act of searching for something
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be in debt; be obliged to pay or repay
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dismissal of employees from their jobs
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a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; slow gait; step
patch  Speak Example sentences
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a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; slow gait; step
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remove flaws from; rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean it and make it shine
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a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
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confront; set into opposition or rivalry
patrol  Speak Example sentences
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the activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes
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fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
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washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed