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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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residue  Speak Example sentences
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small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
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the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
sane  Speak Example sentences
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walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
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sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
screwdriver  Speak Example sentences
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a hand tool for driving screws
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building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
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tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint
sentry  Speak Example sentences
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having a good reputation; honorable
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contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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the soldier placed on guard; guard
skyrocket  Speak Example sentences
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principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
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being in a healthy condition; acting rationally; mentally sound
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increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
sloth  Speak Example sentences
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the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk
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laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
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principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
staid  Speak Example sentences
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instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
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sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
subsequently  Speak Example sentences
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small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
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in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
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reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
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a hand tool for driving screws
supplement  Speak Example sentences
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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the soldier placed on guard; guard
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something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one