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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lenient  Speak Example sentences
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disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
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relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
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characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
literacy  Speak Example sentences
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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reading and writing; ability to read and write
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the act of believing that something is true without having any proof; belief upon incomplete proof
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copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
loom  Speak Example sentences
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appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
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a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors
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leave undone or leave out; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
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easily understood; clear; intelligible
lull  Speak Example sentences
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relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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of or pertaining to metal; of metal nature; resembling metal
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provide with nourishment; provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth
melancholy  Speak Example sentences
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flow over; cover with, or as with, water or other fluid; spread over; flow over the brim of
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
metallic  Speak Example sentences
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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provide with nourishment; provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth
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leave undone or leave out; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
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of or pertaining to metal; of metal nature; resembling metal
mimic  Speak Example sentences
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
oblique  Speak Example sentences
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dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
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unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
omit  Speak Example sentences
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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island; spot within another of a different color
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injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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leave undone or leave out; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
orchard  Speak Example sentences
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
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garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest