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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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jungle  Speak Example sentences
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any tangible or intangible possession that someone owns
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land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
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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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moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
leak  Speak Example sentences
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move or force to get something open; make an uninvited inquiry
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highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree
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land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
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escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
leap  Speak Example sentences
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causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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jump; hop; place jumped over or from
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particular to a given individual; concerning or affecting a particular person
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clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
liquor  Speak Example sentences
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reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
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any liquid, like water, milk, blood, sap, juice; alcoholic or spirituous fluid
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involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
logic  Speak Example sentences
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washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
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small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper
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reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
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operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully
maintain  Speak Example sentences
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state that is intermediate between extremes
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metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
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keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue
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motor hotel; lodging rooms adjacent to a parking lot
mission  Speak Example sentences
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land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
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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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march in a procession;  ceremonial procession; a visible display
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metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
option  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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follow in; go in search of or hunt for
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jump; hop; place jumped over or from
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act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
passport  Speak Example sentences
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move or force to get something open; make an uninvited inquiry
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legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
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request for help; excuse or pretext
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washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
pathetic  Speak Example sentences
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washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
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showing reason or sound judgment; capable of reasoning; rational; being within bounds of common sense
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causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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brightness; something that admits illumination; source of fire; particular aspect of a situation