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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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respite  Speak Example sentences
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cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
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usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
rinse  Speak Example sentences
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protected from danger or bad weather
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likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable
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a heavy textile with a woven design
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cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
robe  Speak Example sentences
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spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
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bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
servitude  Speak Example sentences
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forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
sheltered  Speak Example sentences
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
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protected from danger or bad weather
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
solicitation  Speak Example sentences
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hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal
spaceship  Speak Example sentences
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protected from danger or bad weather
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pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper
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spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
standardize  Speak Example sentences
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hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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normalize; cause to conform to a standard
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
stark  Speak Example sentences
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bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy
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hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
subterranean  Speak Example sentences
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magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable
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temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground