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| Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes |    |
lyric 
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 | n. gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter |
| n. a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion |
| n. a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue |
| n. a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment |
magnetic
2
| a. not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation |
| n. apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept |
| n. any metal, like iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive the properties of the lodestone |
| n. a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion |
membrane
3
| a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
| a. serving as an essential component |
| n. a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue |
| n. a person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age |
morsel
4
| n. a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment |
| a. educated; schooled; one who can read and write |
| a. crowded; having a lot of people living there |
| a. serving as an essential component |
nocturnal
5
| a. educated; schooled; one who can read and write |
| a. of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
| n. any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae |
optimal
6
| a. most advantageous; optimum; ideal |
| a. causing shock or horror; gruesome |
| a. educated; schooled; one who can read and write |
| n. an optical device for projecting a beam of light |
oracle
7
| n. germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease |
| n. any metal, like iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive the properties of the lodestone |
| n. a sharp-edged cutting instrument used especially for shaving the face or other body parts |
| n. the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets |
peer
8
| a. being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction |
| n. withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion |
| n. a person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age |
| n. small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it |
pending
9
| v. make too high an estimate of |
| a. open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve |
| a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
| a. not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation |
populous
10
| a. abundant; rich and splendid; fertile |
| a. crowded; having a lot of people living there |
| n. the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality |
| a. being on time; punctual; performed without delay |