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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reverence  Speak Example sentences
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
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the case for sword blade; sheath
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a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
revert  Speak Example sentences
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
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abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
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beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw
rout  Speak Example sentences
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extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
scabbard  Speak Example sentences
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flexible; moving and bending with ease
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sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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the case for sword blade; sheath
sedition  Speak Example sentences
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resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
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a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
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filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
shawl  Speak Example sentences
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a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
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face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
sip  Speak Example sentences
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request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
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drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
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protected from danger or bad weather
sneak  Speak Example sentences
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face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
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state of having been made use of; the act of using
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rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
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state of having been made use of; the act of using
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of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
solicit  Speak Example sentences
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state of having been made use of; the act of using
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request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste