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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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issue  Speak Example sentences
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outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
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the glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body
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subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
mess  Speak Example sentences
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act of presenting; something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation
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soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
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making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
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escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
miracle  Speak Example sentences
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wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
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land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
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compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
mutual  Speak Example sentences
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common to or shared by two or more parties; shared
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make less severe or strict; become less tense
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about soldiers, to arms, or war; of the whole body of soldiers
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virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
obnoxious  Speak Example sentences
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causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
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take place; be found to exist; come to one's mind
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incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
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wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
pair  Speak Example sentences
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garden of Eden; any place of complete delight and peace
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fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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two people or things considered as a unit; two items of the same kind; a couple
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make less severe or strict; become less tense
patrol  Speak Example sentences
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try to conceal something; disguise;  hide under a false appearance
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the activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes
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walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
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small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper
policy  Speak Example sentences
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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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common to or shared by two or more parties; shared
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give temporarily; temporary provision of money
positive  Speak Example sentences
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
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incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
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record of a voyage or flight; a record of day to day activities
practically  Speak Example sentences
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the activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes
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making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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virtually; actually; for all practical purpose