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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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disdain  Speak Example sentences
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[распространять] reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
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[глоссарий] a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
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[презрение] view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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[экватора] the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles
displace  Speak Example sentences
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[освещения] provide or brighten with light; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
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[Свернуть] move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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[EKE] supplement with great effort; add to; augment
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[чревато] furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
dubious  Speak Example sentences
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[освобождены] not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
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[автостопом] travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; be carried along with something else
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[воплощают] give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
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[сомнительных] questionable; filled with doubt
durable  Speak Example sentences
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[воплощают] give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
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[автостопом] travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; be carried along with something else
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[ошибочных] containing or derived from error; mistaken
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[прочные] lasting; long-lasting; enduring
fallacy  Speak Example sentences
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[безвкусные] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[случайно] not thorough, constant, or consistent; by chance
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[заблуждение] deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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[распространять] reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
famine  Speak Example sentences
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[голод] shortage of food; starvation
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[инновации] introduction of something new
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[заболеваемости] rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
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[постепенное] proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, or from one state to another; regularly progressive
fervent  Speak Example sentences
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[ошибочных] containing or derived from error; mistaken
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[горячим] extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
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[автостопом] travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; be carried along with something else
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[оказывать] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
fetter  Speak Example sentences
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[равнодушный] having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
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[оковы] restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
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[пасутся] scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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[случайно] not thorough, constant, or consistent; by chance
glacier  Speak Example sentences
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[прочные] lasting; long-lasting; enduring
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[ледника] a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
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[бесчисленные] countless; too many to be counted
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[глоссарий] a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
gland  Speak Example sentences
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[освобождены] not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
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[железы] an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes
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[инерции] property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue
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[шарнир] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other