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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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informative  Speak Example sentences
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quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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of molecules;  relating to simple or basic structure or form
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instructive; illustrative; providing or conveying information
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a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless, odorless, tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
ingenuity  Speak Example sentences
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skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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worker; someone who works with their hands
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
institution  Speak Example sentences
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expecting a baby; carrying within the body, or being about to produce new life
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agitated; worried and anxious
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carry through; bring to completion; achieve; accomplish; execute
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institute; organization; introducing something new
instructive  Speak Example sentences
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conspicuous; immediately noticeable; sticking out; widely known
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serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening
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state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; the arrival of the time fixed for payment
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envy; jealous attitude or disposition
investigation  Speak Example sentences
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flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
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serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening
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detailed inquiry or systematic examination; inquiry
largely  Speak Example sentences
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of molecules;  relating to simple or basic structure or form
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carry through; bring to completion; achieve; accomplish; execute
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in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
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a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless, odorless, tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
literary  Speak Example sentences
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timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
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knowledgeable about literature; of or relating to or characteristic of literature
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conspicuous; immediately noticeable; sticking out; widely known
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prospect; view; belief about the future; an act of looking out
malicious  Speak Example sentences
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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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of molecules;  relating to simple or basic structure or form
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act of insulating; separation;  state of being detached, from other objects
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in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
meditation  Speak Example sentences
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portraiture; picture; the likeness of a person, especially one showing the face
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skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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beat; rhythm; the rate at which heartbeats
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lengthy intent consideration; long and thoughtful observation; contemplation of spiritual matters
migrant  Speak Example sentences
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move heavily or clumsily; cut down timber of
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usually minor event or condition that is subordinate to another; event; happening
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decorative; any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value
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habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering