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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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ramble  Speak Example sentences
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the expanse of land or water; a system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet
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differed; diversified; various
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wander; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure
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causing, or tending to cause ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
ravage  Speak Example sentences
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pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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bring heavy destruction on; devastate
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specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
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act or style of expressing in words; expression, or power of expression
restrict  Speak Example sentences
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naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
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keep or confine within limits
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specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
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extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
ruinous  Speak Example sentences
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pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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causing, or tending to cause ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious
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one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
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wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
shanty  Speak Example sentences
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wander; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure
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burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live
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review; look back upon; remember
shimmer  Speak Example sentences
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shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
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sink; immerse; put underwater
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act of making a sudden noisy break
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worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
starch  Speak Example sentences
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wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
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friction between body and surface on which it moves
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naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
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shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
stipulate  Speak Example sentences
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act of rotating or revolving rapidly; state of confusion; tumult
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wander; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure
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sink; immerse; put underwater
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specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
succinct  Speak Example sentences
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be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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having many talents; capable of working in many fields
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burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
systematic  Speak Example sentences
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ordered; methodical; carried on using step-by-step procedures
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the difference in electrical charge between two points
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become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
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wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom