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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulsive  Speak Example sentences
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tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
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foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
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hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
rescind  Speak Example sentences
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poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
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name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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single-mast sailing boat
resentment  Speak Example sentences
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contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
sanction  Speak Example sentences
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with the side forward; to or from a side
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
sap  Speak Example sentences
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beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
sensitivity  Speak Example sentences
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indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama
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sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
slump  Speak Example sentences
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sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
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spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
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speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint
spell  Speak Example sentences
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name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
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becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
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contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
sweeping  Speak Example sentences
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extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
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name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
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speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint
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indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
swelling  Speak Example sentences
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name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
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forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids