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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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ledge  Speak Example sentences
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handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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the smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand
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fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
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projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged underwater
levity  Speak Example sentences
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food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
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one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion
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grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant
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lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
litter  Speak Example sentences
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disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
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proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
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possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
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gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
lure  Speak Example sentences
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grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant
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something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
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projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged underwater
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possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
magical  Speak Example sentences
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act of rehearsing; exercise or practice to prepare for a public performance
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domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
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possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
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something given as security for a loan; pledge or guaranty; article deposited as security
oxen  Speak Example sentences
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disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
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any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus; durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs
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advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality
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domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
participant  Speak Example sentences
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people who take part in
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relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
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defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
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light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
patent  Speak Example sentences
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causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
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clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume
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grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant
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disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
pawn  Speak Example sentences
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something given as security for a loan; pledge or guaranty; article deposited as security
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extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
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foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
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father and ruler of family or tribe
pistol  Speak Example sentences
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the smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand
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proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
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any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae
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extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary