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| Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes |    |
adventurer 
1
 | one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries |
| the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument |
| proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent; ready to receive advice |
| a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman |
affliction
2
| unconventional in an artistic way |
| first light of day; first advent or appearance |
| noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest |
| cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress |
allude
3
| worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean |
| cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear |
| refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion |
| clients of professional person; the body of customers or patrons |
aloft
4
| act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenship |
| a longing for something better than the present situation |
| assent; agree without protesting |
| in or into a high place; high or higher up |
amphibian
5
| market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East |
| act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely |
| able to live both on land and in water |
apprehend
6
| beverage made from juice pressed from apples |
| able to live both on land and in water |
| take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive |
| rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat |
artery
7
| one of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart; major transit corridor |
| mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind |
| a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely |
| act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope |
bashful
8
| assent; agree without protesting |
| with great urgency; seriously; severely |
| abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice |
| take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive |
bellows
9
| cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear |
| act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god |
| a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely |
| enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell |
bohemian
10
| unconventional in an artistic way |
| abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice |
| refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion |
| pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for |