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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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impractical  Speak Example sentences
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unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
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dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
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one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; trafficker; trader
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occupation requiring special education
intensive  Speak Example sentences
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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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thorough; concentrated; tending to give force or emphasis
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mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
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diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant
liberty  Speak Example sentences
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massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in the manner of a monument
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state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
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full of loud and nonmusical sounds; clamorous
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mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
logical  Speak Example sentences
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scene; site; place where something is or could be located
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massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in the manner of a monument
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stress; tension; condition of being pressed
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reasonable; based on known statements or events or conditions
maturity  Speak Example sentences
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destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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bend the knee; fall or rest on the knees
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state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; the arrival of the time fixed for payment
microscope  Speak Example sentences
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quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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the magnifier of the image of small objects
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state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
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one who has legal title to something; owner
millionaire  Speak Example sentences
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framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
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one whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
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the craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
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large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves
minimize  Speak Example sentences
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robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
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diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant
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one who has legal title to something; owner
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small smooth rounded rock
obtainable  Speak Example sentences
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mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
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something proposed; an act of proposing; an offer of marriage
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available; capable of being obtained
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unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair
pebble  Speak Example sentences
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brilliant; obviously very happy, or very beautiful
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something proposed; an act of proposing; an offer of marriage
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scene; site; place where something is or could be located
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small smooth rounded rock