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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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intimate  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement
Exercise
follow after; follow to obtain; endeavor to attain
Exercise
washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
Exercise
give to understand; imply or hint; state or make known
issue  Speak Example sentences
2
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subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
Exercise
act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner
Exercise
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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any tangible or intangible possession that someone owns
journal  Speak Example sentences
3
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favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement
Exercise
magazine; periodical; log; diary; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
Exercise
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
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of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons
lease  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
declaration assuring that one will or will not do something; an indication of something favorable to come
Exercise
any tangible or intangible possession that someone owns
Exercise
act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
Exercise
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of the contract
log  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
Exercise
adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
Exercise
record of a voyage or flight; a record of day to day activities
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rent; charter; engage for service under a term of the contract
mall  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement
Exercise
give outward signs of; express; record in writing; enroll as a student
Exercise
declaration assuring that one will or will not do something; an indication of something favorable to come
Exercise
shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
miserable  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
sudden mass fear and anxiety
Exercise
declaration assuring that one will or will not do something; an indication of something favorable to come
Exercise
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
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search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
obligation  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
written instructions from a doctor; written order; an act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions
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of lesser importance or stature or rank; not of legal age; limited in size or scope
Exercise
favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement
Exercise
act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
option  Speak Example sentences
9
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act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
Exercise
state of being public; information to attract public notice
Exercise
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
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act or an instance of buying; something bought
pace  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
Exercise
follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
Exercise
a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; slow gait; step
Exercise
put into a certain place; cause to lie down; spread over a surface