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| Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes |    |
legislate 
1
 | v. make laws; create or pass laws |
| ad. in a regular periodic manner; intermittently |
| n. unreal reflection; an optical illusion |
| a. impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous |
maize
2
| v. be or go before something or someone in time or space |
| a. having the form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal |
| n. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| n. craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
majestic
3
| a. stately; royal; relating to a monarch |
| a. loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened |
| n. the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance |
| n. any of a family of high-strength, resilient synthetic polymers |
mishap
4
| ad. by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually |
| v. make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of |
| n. unfortunate accident; bad luck |
| v. officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honor |
monotonous
5
| a. boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety |
| n. religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness |
| n. the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance |
| v. stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived |
mould
6
| n. crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil |
| n. unreal reflection; an optical illusion |
| a. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| n. dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
mundane
7
| n. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| n. personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in a particular activity |
| ad. without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately |
| a. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
nullify
8
| v. make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of |
| n. dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| a. fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive |
| a. stately; royal; relating to a monarch |
observatory
9
| v. pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of |
| n. place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space |
| a. boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety |
| n. religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness |
parameter
10
| n. characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others |
| v. trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations |
| a. boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety |
| a. put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |