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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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acclaim  Speak Example sentences
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annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
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one who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault
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overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
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applaud; announce with great approval
annuity  Speak Example sentences
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improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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helper, additional or subsidiary
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annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
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durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
arduous  Speak Example sentences
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demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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helper, additional or subsidiary
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detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
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in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
auxiliary  Speak Example sentences
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durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
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helper, additional or subsidiary
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rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
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lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller
brashness  Speak Example sentences
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assign; distribute according to plan
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spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur; a weak point or failing
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characteristic of being brash; the trait of being rash and hasty; tasteless showiness
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diligent; responsible; reliable
burrow  Speak Example sentences
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arrangement of parts or elements; outline
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tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
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applaud; announce with great approval
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deep opening in the earth surface
calcium  Speak Example sentences
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silvery, moderately hard metallic element
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one who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault
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change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
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force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
certify  Speak Example sentences
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weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
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distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
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give certain information to; assure; make certain
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in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
coarse  Speak Example sentences
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competing as for any profit or prize
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spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
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rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
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similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters
condense  Speak Example sentences
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competing as for any profit or prize
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change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
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turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
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fastening device; firm grip