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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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definition  Speak Example sentences
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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clarity of outline; concise explanation
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move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
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change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
deform  Speak Example sentences
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distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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become hard or harder
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change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear
employee  Speak Example sentences
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move or bring by force or with great effort
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worker; a person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation
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firmly in position; stationary
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any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies
equipment  Speak Example sentences
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the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose
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clarity of outline; concise explanation
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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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act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
excuse  Speak Example sentences
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unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
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free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely
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become hard or harder
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sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
exposure  Speak Example sentences
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risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
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expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear
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effort; expenditure of much physical work
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one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
extinction  Speak Example sentences
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death of all its remaining members
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clarity of outline; concise explanation
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change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
fir  Speak Example sentences
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any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies
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in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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havoc; event that completely destroys something
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enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
foe  Speak Example sentences
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change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
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move or bring by force or with great effort
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death of all its remaining members
foliage  Speak Example sentences
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risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
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masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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list each one; mention one by one
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a small number; an amount of something that can be held in one hand