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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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definitely  Speak Example sentences
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act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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clearly; without question and beyond doubt
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not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever
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passage or way out; an act of going away or out
delay  Speak Example sentences
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decorate with needlework; add details to
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point or respect in which things differ; the difference
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act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
descendant  Speak Example sentences
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offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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showing what someone thinks or feels; indicative
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ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
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risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
disposed  Speak Example sentences
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structure that gives shape or support; closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines
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tact; politics; negotiation between nations
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prepared; inclined; be ready; being a particular condition of the body or health
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physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
donate  Speak Example sentences
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grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
effective  Speak Example sentences
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surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
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wanting very much to do or have something
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become hard or harder
elimination  Speak Example sentences
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act of removing or getting rid of something
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movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
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pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not
emission  Speak Example sentences
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disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
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proclaim; announces important news; messenger
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radiation; discharge; an act of emitting
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expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear
excellent  Speak Example sentences
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a substance used to color materials
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become hard or harder
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surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear
feed  Speak Example sentences
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expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear
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different; unlike; not similar
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give food to; supply with nourishment
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become hard or harder