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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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defend  Speak Example sentences
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quality of being adaptable or variable
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make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
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not biased; fair; showing lack of favoritism
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having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
deficient  Speak Example sentences
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having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
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something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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move or bring by force or with great effort
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inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
dependence  Speak Example sentences
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reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
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swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
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accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
earthquake  Speak Example sentences
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something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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proclaim; announces important news; messenger
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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process of extracting moisture
economize  Speak Example sentences
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something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
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attach; become firmly fixed together, or in position
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save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
electron  Speak Example sentences
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wanting very much to do or have something
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save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
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obscured by fog; indistinct or hazy in outline
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an elementary particle with the negative charge
enchant  Speak Example sentences
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charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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approving or pleasing; granting what has been desired or requested
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sign; feature; a mark indicating quality or excellence
exertion  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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effort; expenditure of much physical work
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journey organized for a particular purpose
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drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
exhibition  Speak Example sentences
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make something double; bend or lay so that one part covers the other
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
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false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
extension  Speak Example sentences
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prepared; inclined; be ready; being a particular condition of the body or health
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supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
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something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level