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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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informative  Speak Example sentences
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instructive; illustrative; providing or conveying information
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persistently annoying person; an organism that injures livestock or crops
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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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deceive; cause someone to believe something that is not true
jewel  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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confidence; mood or spirit of a group that makes the members wants the group to succeed
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gemstone; the costly ornament of precious metal or gem
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a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
leadership  Speak Example sentences
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persistently annoying person; an organism that injures livestock or crops
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guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
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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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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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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pact or bundle made up and prepared to be carried; some similar things; a full set of playing cards
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association; a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest
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guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
morale  Speak Example sentences
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brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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usually minor event or condition that is subordinate to another; event; happening
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of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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confidence; mood or spirit of a group that makes the members wants the group to succeed
needy  Speak Example sentences
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poor; indigent; being in need; impoverished
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picture or likeness obtained by photography
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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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exactness; accuracy; the number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured
note  Speak Example sentences
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obstruction; prevention; act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
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observe carefully; notice; show; indicate
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depict as if on a map; plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange
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out of houses; out of doors
opera  Speak Example sentences
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far most; utmost; outmost; most distant from the center or inside
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obstruction; prevention; act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
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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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a drama set to music and consists of singing
outlook  Speak Example sentences
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beat; rhythm; the rate at which heartbeats
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make loose or looser; make less severe or strict
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depict as if on a map; plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange
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prospect; view; belief about the future; an act of looking out
playwright  Speak Example sentences
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prospect; view; belief about the future; an act of looking out
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skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; a player who throws the ball to the batter
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someone who writes plays