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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retreat  Speak Example sentences
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moderate; tone down or restrain;  bring to the desired consistency; adjust finely
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knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to a student
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receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
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cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
shepherd  Speak Example sentences
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cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
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a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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to some extent or degree; rather; a bit; slightly
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make one or more folds in; store in a safe spot; put in a snug spot
similar  Speak Example sentences
3
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nearly corresponding; somewhat like; having a general likeness
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not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
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workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
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catch; hold or catch as if in a hole
sore  Speak Example sentences
4
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skin infection; hurting; inflamed and painful; source of pain, distress, or irritation
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not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
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someone who sees an event and reports what happened; observe; watch
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keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
spiritual  Speak Example sentences
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consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; three times repeated
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as final consequence; at last; in the end
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not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
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high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
standing  Speak Example sentences
6
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greater rank or station or quality; excellent
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benefit; something that aids health or happiness
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continue to live; endure or last
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high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
studio  Speak Example sentences
7
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workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
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causing or ending in or approaching death; station
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feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
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keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
superior  Speak Example sentences
8
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knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
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emptiness; containing nothing; clear or empty a place
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poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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greater rank or station or quality; excellent
survive  Speak Example sentences
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consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; three times repeated
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high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
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arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
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continue to live; endure or last
sweater  Speak Example sentences
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a long thin piece of cloth or paper; measuring instrument for length by a narrow strip
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complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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movement in an arc; clean with a broom; wide scope; winning all
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knitted garment covering the upper part of the body