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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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indigestion  Speak Example sentences
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make impure; make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter
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without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
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a disorder of digestive function; difficulty in digesting
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occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have and hold; have the legal title to
inevitably  Speak Example sentences
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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
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unavoidably; in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent
insulation  Speak Example sentences
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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
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someone who writes plays
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act of insulating; separation;  state of being detached, from other objects
leopard  Speak Example sentences
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occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have and hold; have the legal title to
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changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
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large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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quality of being just; practical conformity to human or divine law; equity; uprightness
malicious  Speak Example sentences
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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
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display announcement  in a place of public view; publish  on a list
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tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
normally  Speak Example sentences
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usually; as a rule; regularly; according to a rule
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the craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
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having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error
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large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
obliterate  Speak Example sentences
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unavoidably; in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent
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destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have and hold; have the legal title to
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contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; inconstant
painting  Speak Example sentences
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brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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drawing; picture or design in paint; the action of applying paint to a surface
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make impure; make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter
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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
perfect  Speak Example sentences
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act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
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having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error
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state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
playwright  Speak Example sentences
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diligent; hard-working; busy, and laborious
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without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
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someone who writes plays
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quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations