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Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
dissipate 
1
 | spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse |
| give off; send out; give out as a sound |
| build; put together out of components or parts |
| draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer |
dormant
2
| put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust |
| lacking variety or excitement; monotonous |
| sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active |
| thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness |
economical
3
| one who, or that which, shows or points out |
| an expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style |
| pattern; design; set into a specific pattern |
| thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness |
elicit
4
| waste material, especially fecal matter that is expelled from body after digestion; matter excreted and ejected |
| unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out |
| draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer |
| resident; someone or thing who lives in a place |
embark
5
| build; put together out of components or parts |
| twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle |
| precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken |
| commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey |
erect
6
| grant; award; give qualities or abilities to |
| lack of consistency; the difference |
| construct; stand; set up |
| the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object |
evict
7
| put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust |
| make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation |
| tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope |
| ask a question; seek for truth or information by putting queries |
excavate
8
| one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native |
| commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey |
| unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out |
| lack of consistency; the difference |
expend
9
| lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations |
| rate of occurrence; particular occurrence |
| part of a country which fronts another country or an unsettled region; border, or extreme part of a country |
| overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host |
flavour
10
| blast; outburst; a sudden strong wind |
| spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse |
| very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren |
| the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object |