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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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leak  Speak Example sentences
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highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree
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jump; hop; place jumped over or from
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particular advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
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escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
log  Speak Example sentences
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enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
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be on the watch respecting; pay attention to; notice with care; see; perceive
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record of a voyage or flight; a record of day to day activities
majority  Speak Example sentences
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greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
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incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
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of lesser importance or stature or rank; not of legal age; limited in size or scope
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advantageous gain or return; income received from investments or property
nightmare  Speak Example sentences
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dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; event or experience that is intensely distressing
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grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
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follow in; go in search of or hunt for
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take place; be found to exist; come to one's mind
observe  Speak Example sentences
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be on the watch respecting; pay attention to; notice with care; see; perceive
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a person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to treat diseases; doctor of medicine
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notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation
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walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
palm  Speak Example sentences
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get or find back; regain a former condition
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the inner surface of the hand between bases of fingers and wrist; tropical evergreen trees of the family Palmae
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act of referring or consulting; a remark that calls attention to something or someone
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dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; event or experience that is intensely distressing
personality  Speak Example sentences
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get or find back; regain a former condition
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the complex of all the attributes of a person; the totality of qualities and traits of a person
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greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
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dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; event or experience that is intensely distressing
pole  Speak Example sentences
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not often; in an unusual degree; exceptionally
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any liquid, like water, milk, blood, sap, juice; alcoholic or spirituous fluid
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a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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likely to develop desirably; affording hope
porch  Speak Example sentences
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record of a voyage or flight; a record of day to day activities
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covered and enclosed entrance to the building; the covered passage
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advantageous gain or return; income received from investments or property
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draw or pass the tongue over; pass or lap quickly and rapidly; beat thoroughly in a competition or fight
privilege  Speak Example sentences
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particular advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
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walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
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landing-place; platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships
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showing reason or sound judgment; capable of reasoning; rational; being within bounds of common sense