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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dependence  Speak Example sentences
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freeing someone from the control of another
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story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
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an elementary particle with the negative charge
doll  Speak Example sentences
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pleasant-smelling; odorous
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altitude; the height of a place above the level of the sea
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small toy with a human figure, normally for little children
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a common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance
donate  Speak Example sentences
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grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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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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causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
eager  Speak Example sentences
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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wanting very much to do or have something
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passage or way out; an act of going away or out
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enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering
election  Speak Example sentences
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voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
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the instance that does not conform to a rule
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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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picture; drawing; showing by example
electron  Speak Example sentences
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pay attention to; listen to, and consider
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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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an elementary particle with the negative charge
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a fried bread of minced beef served on a bun
envelop  Speak Example sentences
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movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering
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act of removing or getting rid of something
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different; unlike; not similar
explorer  Speak Example sentences
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someone who travels into little known regions
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the process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body
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terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
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an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
fatigue  Speak Example sentences
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voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
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freeing someone from the control of another
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physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
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the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
ferry  Speak Example sentences
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shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
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terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
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save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
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tact; politics; negotiation between nations