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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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delay  Speak Example sentences
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act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
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approving or pleasing; granting what has been desired or requested
denounce  Speak Example sentences
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effort; expenditure of much physical work
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film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
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condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
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become hard or harder
descendant  Speak Example sentences
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offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
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act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
dime  Speak Example sentences
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act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier
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a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
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approving or pleasing; granting what has been desired or requested
dormitory  Speak Example sentences
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a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
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effort; expenditure of much physical work
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process of falling in drops; liquid or moisture that falls in drops; the sound made by liquid falling in drops
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confirmation that some fact or statement is true
drip  Speak Example sentences
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process of falling in drops; liquid or moisture that falls in drops; the sound made by liquid falling in drops
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leave someone who needs or counts on you
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clear to the mind;  in a distinct way
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process of extracting moisture
entertain  Speak Example sentences
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offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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the exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
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amuse; keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves
evaporation  Speak Example sentences
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a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
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process of extracting moisture
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an article of tableware made of glass
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remnant; remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age
exertion  Speak Example sentences
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a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
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effort; expenditure of much physical work
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act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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hard; solid; resolute; determined
extensive  Speak Example sentences
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something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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an article of tableware made of glass
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widespread; far-reaching; wide