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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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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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the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
sag  Speak Example sentences
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religious zeal; willingness to serve God
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single-mast sailing boat
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bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
sift  Speak Example sentences
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pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
solemnity  Speak Example sentences
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something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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uneven; rough; very difficult
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global; universal; throughout the world
soy  Speak Example sentences
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religious zeal; willingness to serve God
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absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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soybean; most highly protein vegetable
spark  Speak Example sentences
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
stark  Speak Example sentences
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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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bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
tranquility  Speak Example sentences
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
treacherous  Speak Example sentences
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bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
uncouth  Speak Example sentences
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reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
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the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste