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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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incompatible  Speak Example sentences
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inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
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quality of being just; practical conformity to human or divine law; equity; uprightness
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treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
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something that you want and plan to do
interpretation  Speak Example sentences
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a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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explanation;  performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music
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absence of ceremony; casual
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advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince
interrupt  Speak Example sentences
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timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
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association; a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest
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terminate; make a break in
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something that you want and plan to do
jelly  Speak Example sentences
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association; a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest
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absence of ceremony; casual
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a substance having the consistency of semi-solid foods
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enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
justice  Speak Example sentences
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a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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occupation requiring special education
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destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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quality of being just; practical conformity to human or divine law; equity; uprightness
league  Speak Example sentences
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association; a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest
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continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring; durable
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any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
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something proposed; an act of proposing; an offer of marriage
limestone  Speak Example sentences
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a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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refine; make pure or free from sin or guilt; become clean
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eccentricity; oddness; an odd or unusual characteristic; private ownership; proprietorship
mechanical  Speak Example sentences
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covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist; gloomy; melancholy
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small smooth rounded rock
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brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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automatic; monotonous; relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
pebble  Speak Example sentences
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advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince
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small smooth rounded rock
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brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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evidence; demonstration; statement or argument used in such a validation
peculiarity  Speak Example sentences
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a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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eccentricity; oddness; an odd or unusual characteristic; private ownership; proprietorship
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refine; make pure or free from sin or guilt; become clean
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small smooth rounded rock