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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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legislate  Speak Example sentences
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[xa hoa] liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
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[nhu mì] quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
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[placard] sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door
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[lập pháp] make laws; create or pass laws
loath  Speak Example sentences
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[ám ảnh] anxiety disorder by extreme and irrational fear; dislike
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[hải lý] relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
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[miễn cưỡng] unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
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[cấm] ban; taboo; forbid
lucid  Speak Example sentences
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[placard] sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door
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[gió mùa] the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries
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[sáng suốt] easily understood; clear; intelligible
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[thẳng thắn] given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
meek  Speak Example sentences
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[dễ hỏng] liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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[nhu mì] quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
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[thể nhận] capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
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[ngoại thành] part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
moderate  Speak Example sentences
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[gây sự] disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
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[tái bút] paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
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[mở đầu] introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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[trung bình] temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
negligible  Speak Example sentences
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[nhu mì] quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
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[không đáng kể] so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
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[độc hại] harmful to living things; injurious to health
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[cho phép] proper to be permitted; allowable; admissible.
obstinate  Speak Example sentences
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[ít ỏi] deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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[ám ảnh] anxiety disorder by extreme and irrational fear; dislike
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[cười nhạo] gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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[cố chấp] stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
orchard  Speak Example sentences
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[vườn] garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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[dễ hỏng] liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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[placard] sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door
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[ngoại thành] part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
oust  Speak Example sentences
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[nấm] growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
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[tái bút] paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
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[cười nhạo] gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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[lật đổ] expel; eject from a position or place; force out
outlying  Speak Example sentences
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[sáng suốt] easily understood; clear; intelligible
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[xa] relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
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[trọng] very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
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[cố chấp] stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat