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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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deceive; cause someone to believe something that is not true
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one who loves and defends his or her country
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nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
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any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident, or fracture
independent  Speak Example sentences
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the attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets
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a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
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not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
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state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; the arrival of the time fixed for payment
injury  Speak Example sentences
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house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
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any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident, or fracture
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trespass; enter as an uninvited person
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be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
invasion  Speak Example sentences
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raid; attack; an act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer
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prospect; view; belief about the future; an act of looking out
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nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
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a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
load  Speak Example sentences
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beyond ordinary understanding
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repeated; recurring at intervals of time
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the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
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burden; something  which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance
magician  Speak Example sentences
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set down as a rule or guide; stated
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one who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience; sorcerer; wizard
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scarce; infrequently occurring; uncommon
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state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; the arrival of the time fixed for payment
manifestation  Speak Example sentences
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endlessly; incessantly; for a long time, no end defined; forever
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dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
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revelation; an indication of the existence, reality, or presence of something
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occupation requiring special education
maturity  Speak Example sentences
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hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways
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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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house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
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prospect; view; belief about the future; an act of looking out
optimistic  Speak Example sentences
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hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways
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pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
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one who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience; sorcerer; wizard
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far most; utmost; outmost; most distant from the center or inside
outermost  Speak Example sentences
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far most; utmost; outmost; most distant from the center or inside
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restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
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originator; explorer; a person who is one of the first people to do something
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist