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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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recompense  Speak Example sentences
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practice; drill; engage in preparation for a public performance
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render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
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nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg
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move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
remainder  Speak Example sentences
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a situation in which something is not likely to move or change; constancy
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location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
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remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
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paddle; walk through relatively shallow water
resistance  Speak Example sentences
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the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
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the long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation
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location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
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deliver; give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
salmon  Speak Example sentences
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several species of fish of the Salmonidae family; reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon
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careful about money; economical
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
sociable  Speak Example sentences
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apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
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scold harshly; criticize severely
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cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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gregarious; friendly; inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
stroll  Speak Example sentences
6
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careful about money; economical
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go through an area in search of prey; pursue; walk with a stiff or angry gait; move threateningly
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wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
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tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
sullen  Speak Example sentences
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lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor
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scold harshly; criticize severely
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apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
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cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
syllable  Speak Example sentences
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emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism
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take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
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a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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marriage ceremony; an act of marrying; the anniversary of a marriage
tally  Speak Example sentences
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record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score
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hard to find; absent or rare; limited
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of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
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cultured; purified; made pure
thrifty  Speak Example sentences
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practice; drill; engage in preparation for a public performance
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paddle; walk through relatively shallow water
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careful about money; economical
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force in an indicated direction; stimulate or prompt action