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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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impractical  Speak Example sentences
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faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events
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unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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wetness caused by water
inadequate  Speak Example sentences
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not sufficient to meet a need; insufficient; poor
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timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
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one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; trafficker; trader
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having, or consisting of more than one part; many
incense  Speak Example sentences
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state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
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enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
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monument; short note or abstract, intended for a registry, exhibiting the particulars of a deed
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plan for an anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
injury  Speak Example sentences
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obstruction; prevention; act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
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something foretold or predicted; prophecy
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any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident, or fracture
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opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
intrude  Speak Example sentences
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refine; make pure or free from sin or guilt; become clean
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opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
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trespass; enter as an uninvited person
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changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
liberty  Speak Example sentences
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state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
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enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
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voting; survey; some votes cast or recorded
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of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain
malicious  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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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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set down as a rule or guide; stated
mechanics  Speak Example sentences
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impart information to; make aware of something; be a pervasive presence in; animate
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branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
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unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
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summit; apex; maximum; prime
merchant  Speak Example sentences
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branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
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one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; trafficker; trader
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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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raid; attack; an act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer
occasional  Speak Example sentences
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random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
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any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident, or fracture
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opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
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timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose