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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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imprisonment  Speak Example sentences
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confinement; putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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movement of persons from one country or locality to another
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out of houses; out of doors
lengthen  Speak Example sentences
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persistently annoying person; an organism that injures livestock or crops
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arc of colored light in the sky caused by the refraction of the sun's rays by rain
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made industrial; converted to industrialism
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extend; make or become longer
literal  Speak Example sentences
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a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat
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long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
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of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain
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according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
migration  Speak Example sentences
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suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
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state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
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beyond the regular time
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movement of persons from one country or locality to another
milestone  Speak Example sentences
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random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
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inspired by the love for one's country
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landmark; significant development
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out of houses; out of doors
mislead  Speak Example sentences
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deceive; cause someone to believe something that is not true
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suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
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essential premise; the underlying assumption
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quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
organic  Speak Example sentences
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picture or likeness obtained by photography
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a large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right chest
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large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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simple and healthful and close to nature
outdoors  Speak Example sentences
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large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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arc of colored light in the sky caused by the refraction of the sun's rays by rain
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out of houses; out of doors
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distinguished from others in excellence
overtime  Speak Example sentences
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inspired by the love for one's country
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beyond the regular time
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an agenda of things to do
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of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain
patriotic  Speak Example sentences
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large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
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set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release
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inspired by the love for one's country