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| Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes |    |
laudable 
1
 | a. after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
| a. deserving of praise; worthy of high praise |
| n. something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay |
| a. expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy |
linear
2
| a. having the form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal |
| v. flow over; cover with, or as with, water or other fluid; spread over; flow over the brim of |
| v. cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle |
| a. extremely disturbed from emotion |
livestock
3
| a. of or about the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language |
| v. dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; plan in the mind |
| a. full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| n. any animals kept for use or profit |
loath
4
| a. expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy |
| a. unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike |
| n. paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer |
| v. examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate |
oar
5
| n. long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat |
| a. slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| a. relatively distant or remote from a center or middle |
| v. nourish; help grow or develop; foster |
oust
6
| n. state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| v. sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| v. expel; eject from a position or place; force out |
| v. examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate |
outlying
7
| a. slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| n. long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat |
| a. of or about the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language |
| a. relatively distant or remote from a center or middle |
oxide
8
| a. of or about the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language |
| n. any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen |
| v. restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others |
| a. of or relating to or involving light or optics |
perceptible
9
| v. restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others |
| a. capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable |
| n. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| v. fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply |
perishable
10
| n. a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center |
| a. liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay |
| n. state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| n. the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather |