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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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diverse  Speak Example sentences
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preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
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differing in some characteristics; various
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furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
eminent  Speak Example sentences
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proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, or from one state to another; regularly progressive
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monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
expenditure  Speak Example sentences
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pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower
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payment or expense; output
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particular skill; special talent
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a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
exposition  Speak Example sentences
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property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue
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exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
extinguish  Speak Example sentences
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quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
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restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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serving or acting as a means or aid; helpful; relating to musical instruments
exuberant  Speak Example sentences
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high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
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urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
falter  Speak Example sentences
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security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
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oust; discharge;  force or drive out
format  Speak Example sentences
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pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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act contrary to, as a law, right, or obligation; annul or hinder
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
gravel  Speak Example sentences
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essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
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proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, or from one state to another; regularly progressive
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middle; lying between two extremes
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small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
ideology  Speak Example sentences
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property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue
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study of origin and nature of ideas
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furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower