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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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demolition  Speak Example sentences
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a dish served as the last course of a meal
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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of home; domestic; familiar; intimate; plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished
descendant  Speak Example sentences
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extreme; inordinate; too much
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act of removing or getting rid of something
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offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
disadvantage  Speak Example sentences
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distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
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drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
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vary; go in different directions from the same point
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disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
disposed  Speak Example sentences
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prepared; inclined; be ready; being a particular condition of the body or health
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masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
eccentricity  Speak Example sentences
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bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
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oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
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the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern
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depress; take away hope from
elevation  Speak Example sentences
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drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
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offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
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altitude; the height of a place above the level of the sea
endless  Speak Example sentences
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act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
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without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
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vary; go in different directions from the same point
exhausted  Speak Example sentences
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physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
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depleted; extremely tired
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disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
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relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
fairly  Speak Example sentences
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in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
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widespread; far-reaching; wide
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sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
foe  Speak Example sentences
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enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
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the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern
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swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
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proclaim; announces important news; messenger