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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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render  Speak Example sentences
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deliver; give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
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the long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation
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revolution; an act of rotating as if on an axis
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choice; variety; collection
replace  Speak Example sentences
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dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup
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substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
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relating to a region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
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a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving
rigor  Speak Example sentences
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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a list of names
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a mental position from which things are viewed
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director; the person who has the authority to supervise or direct; janitor or custodian in a building
sanitary  Speak Example sentences
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state that precedes vomiting; disease
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relating to health or the protection of health
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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have experience or enjoyment; take a sample of; have flavor
saucer  Speak Example sentences
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dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup
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put into service; take advantage of
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one who resides in a place permanently or for an extended period; dweller
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active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force
scholar  Speak Example sentences
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director; the person who has the authority to supervise or direct; janitor or custodian in a building
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substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
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professor; a learned person
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reappear; happen or occur again
staircase  Speak Example sentences
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pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
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relating to a region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
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a way of access consisting of a set of steps
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substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
starvation  Speak Example sentences
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act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
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have experience or enjoyment; take a sample of; have flavor
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send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand
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substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
sunshine  Speak Example sentences
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one who outlives another; one who lives through affliction
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suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
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moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities; the rays of the sun
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secession; retreat or retirement
superintendent  Speak Example sentences
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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arms; any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun, bomb, knife
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director; the person who has the authority to supervise or direct; janitor or custodian in a building
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pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout