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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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involve  Speak Example sentences
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find; settle; determine or specify the position or limits o
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legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
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a piece of wood, metal, generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together
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wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
locate  Speak Example sentences
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showing reason or sound judgment; capable of reasoning; rational; being within bounds of common sense
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great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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act of receiving;  acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
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find; settle; determine or specify the position or limits o
lose  Speak Example sentences
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fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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take for granted as true in the absence of proof; venture without authority
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worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
measure  Speak Example sentences
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a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar
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take place; be found to exist; come to one's mind
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great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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determine the size of something; mark the layout, or establish dimensions; estimate by evaluation or comparison
mighty  Speak Example sentences
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having or showing great strength or force or intensity
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wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
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give temporarily; temporary provision of money
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first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
military  Speak Example sentences
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operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully
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wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
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about soldiers, to arms, or war; of the whole body of soldiers
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act of receiving;  acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
minus  Speak Example sentences
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wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
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crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
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less; requiring to be subtracted; negative
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having or showing great strength or force or intensity
misery  Speak Example sentences
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great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar
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highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree
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less; requiring to be subtracted; negative
parade  Speak Example sentences
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showing reason or sound judgment; capable of reasoning; rational; being within bounds of common sense
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march in a procession;  ceremonial procession; a visible display
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make less severe or strict; become less tense
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take for granted as true in the absence of proof; venture without authority
passport  Speak Example sentences
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find; settle; determine or specify the position or limits o
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bare and pure; completely unclothed
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preceding in the order of time; former; previous
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legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad