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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adept  Speak Example sentences
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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great or plentiful amount; fullness to overflowing
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form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
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plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
advent  Speak Example sentences
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
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plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
affix  Speak Example sentences
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a person authorized to act as a representative for another; deputy
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comply with; follow; fit; meet
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
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fasten; append; add on; secure to something
array  Speak Example sentences
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set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
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helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
blunder  Speak Example sentences
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serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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ordinary; having no remarkable features
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deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
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give certain information to; assure; make certain
bookkeeper  Speak Example sentences
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a person authorized to act as a representative for another; deputy
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candidate; a person who formally requests something, especially a job
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serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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one who keeps accounts; one who has charge of keeping books and accounts in an office
circumference  Speak Example sentences
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two-sided; mutual;  involving two groups or countries
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the boundary line of a circle,  figure, area, or object
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
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act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
collaboration  Speak Example sentences
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the boundary line of a circle,  figure, area, or object
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large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
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act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
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fasten; append; add on; secure to something
compute  Speak Example sentences
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
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able to float; cheerful and optimistic
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reckon; make a mathematical calculation
concoct  Speak Example sentences
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
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digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
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someone who regularly travels from home in a suburb to work in a city