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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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inquiry  Speak Example sentences
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arc of colored light in the sky caused by the refraction of the sun's rays by rain
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picture or likeness obtained by photography
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investigation; search for knowledge
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covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist; gloomy; melancholy
inspector  Speak Example sentences
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occupation requiring special education
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serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening
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portraiture; picture; the likeness of a person, especially one showing the face
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high ranking police officer; investigator who observes carefully
jury  Speak Example sentences
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act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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conservation; the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from being damaged
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a committee appointed to judge a case
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high ranking police officer; investigator who observes carefully
league  Speak Example sentences
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in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
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unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
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evidence; demonstration; statement or argument used in such a validation
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association; a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest
mast  Speak Example sentences
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fruit of the oak and beech; a pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, set upright in a boat to sustain sail
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busy; energetic; vigorous
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conservation; the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from being damaged
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association; a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest
outstanding  Speak Example sentences
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distinguished from others in excellence
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opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
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state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
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a flat piece of metal; thick sheet of metal; small, usually circular, the vessel of metal or wood for the food table
oxygen  Speak Example sentences
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unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
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a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless, odorless, tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
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development of industry on an extensive scale
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quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
patent  Speak Example sentences
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occupation requiring special education
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carry through; bring to completion; achieve; accomplish; execute
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evidence; demonstration; statement or argument used in such a validation
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open for the public to read; obvious; plain
peak  Speak Example sentences
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stress; tension; condition of being pressed
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small smooth rounded rock
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a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless, odorless, tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
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summit; apex; maximum; prime
persistence  Speak Example sentences
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lack of ability, especially mental ability, to do something
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the science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape
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portraiture; picture; the likeness of a person, especially one showing the face
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endurance; tenacity;  state or quality of being persistent; persistency