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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rescind  Speak Example sentences
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hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
rib  Speak Example sentences
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies
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one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
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having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
rinse  Speak Example sentences
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foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
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cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
scanty  Speak Example sentences
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somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
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having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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plead; file a suit against
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
secluded  Speak Example sentences
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military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies
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having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
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sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
securely  Speak Example sentences
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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in a manner free from fear or risk
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having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
shortcut  Speak Example sentences
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
spinning  Speak Example sentences
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
stupendous  Speak Example sentences
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
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remaining as a residue; surplus
sue  Speak Example sentences
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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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made or consisting of wool
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in a manner free from fear or risk
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plead; file a suit against