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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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discomfort  Speak Example sentences
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distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress
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the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose
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try to do something by employing effort
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unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
disparity  Speak Example sentences
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outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
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try to do something by employing effort
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
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story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
donate  Speak Example sentences
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overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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depress; take away hope from
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grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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someone who travels into little known regions
elusive  Speak Example sentences
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someone who travels into little known regions
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thankful; appreciative of benefits received
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difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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pleasant-smelling; odorous
envelop  Speak Example sentences
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enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering
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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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sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
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try to do something by employing effort
eruption  Speak Example sentences
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marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
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passage or way out; an act of going away or out
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disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
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outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
explorer  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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the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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someone who travels into little known regions
grateful  Speak Example sentences
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altitude; the height of a place above the level of the sea
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thankful; appreciative of benefits received
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amuse; keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves
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risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
gymnastics  Speak Example sentences
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difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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depress; take away hope from
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a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
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amuse; keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves
harmless  Speak Example sentences
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relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
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state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; freedom from ceremony and constraint
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unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
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passage or way out; an act of going away or out