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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reverse  Speak Example sentences
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overturn; turn inside out or upside down; turning in the opposite direction
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cause something to happen; set off
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pierce painfully with sharp-pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in mind or feelings
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cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
scoop  Speak Example sentences
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vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; deep shovel for digging out and dipping; spoon-shaped instrument
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cause something to happen; set off
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go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
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one who shows or exhibits; brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail; bath in which the water is sprayed
secure  Speak Example sentences
3
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exchange; put in the place of another
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free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
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dry and brown by heat of the fire; warm thoroughly; drink to the health or in honor
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particular kind; a way of expressing something
session  Speak Example sentences
4
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the meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
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reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
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prepare text for filming or broadcasting
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one who shows or exhibits; brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail; bath in which the water is sprayed
shield  Speak Example sentences
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concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
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protective covering or structure; protect; guard
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sculpture representing a human or animal
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feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
shower  Speak Example sentences
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unspecified objects; tangible substance
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one who shows or exhibits; brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail; bath in which the water is sprayed
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vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; deep shovel for digging out and dipping; spoon-shaped instrument
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limited period of time; point in time at which something ends; termination; deadline
significant  Speak Example sentences
7
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the meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
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throw carelessly; throw to see which side comes up; move or stir about violently
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reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
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long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains
slim  Speak Example sentences
8
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cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
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small in quantity; being of delicate or slender build
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in one way or another; in some way not yet known; by some means
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continue to live; endure or last
structure  Speak Example sentences
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cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
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turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
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complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
style  Speak Example sentences
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as final consequence; at last; in the end
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particular kind; a way of expressing something
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limited period of time; point in time at which something ends; termination; deadline
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sculpture representing a human or animal