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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resent  Speak Example sentences
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the meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
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emit recurring clicking sounds; do well or as designed
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doctrine or scheme of things; general or abstract principles of any science
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feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
resolve  Speak Example sentences
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practical method or art applied to some particular task; skillfulness
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long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains
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determination; formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
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catch; hold or catch as if in a hole
ridiculous  Speak Example sentences
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completely lacking wisdom or good sense
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not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant
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composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
scroll  Speak Example sentences
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causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
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a roll of paper; a writing formed into a roll; schedule or list; mark added to a signature, intended to represent a seal
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screenplay; outline or model of an expected sequence of events
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moving from one setting or context to another; moving slightly
session  Speak Example sentences
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the meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
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bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; the bottom surface of a plow
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screenplay; outline or model of an expected sequence of events
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emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects; serious injury to the body
solo  Speak Example sentences
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slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
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point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
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composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
sophisticated  Speak Example sentences
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a solemn promise made to God; the promise of fidelity; the pledge of love or affection
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
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wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
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act of taking something from someone unlawfully; stealing
steak  Speak Example sentences
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feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
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completely lacking wisdom or good sense
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slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
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make a sharp sound; break suddenly as under tension; utter in an angry or sharp tone
stubborn  Speak Example sentences
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not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant
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conforming to a type; representative
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point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
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unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
surgery  Speak Example sentences
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a solemn promise made to God; the promise of fidelity; the pledge of love or affection
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screenplay; outline or model of an expected sequence of events
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medical treatment that involves cutting open a person's body
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme