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| Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes |   |
residue 
1
 | a. attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable |
| n. the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance |
| n. ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart |
| n. redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun |
retroactive
2
| n. energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
| n. watchfulness; wakefulness; a process of paying close and continuous attention |
| n. communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals |
| a. extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions |
revert
3
| ad. in a manner free from fear or risk |
| n. energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
| v. be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion |
| v. return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to |
ruddy
4
| v. interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
| a. reddish color; healthy-looking |
| a. uneven; rough; very difficult |
| n. redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun |
rumble
5
| n. science of God or religion |
| v. utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound |
| a. caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking |
| v. remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly |
sanctuary
6
| v. interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
| n. place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque |
| n. complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned |
| a. removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated |
scrape
7
| n. trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble |
| v. abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface |
| a. tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health |
| a. avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined |
secluded
8
| a. uneven; rough; very difficult |
| n. place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque |
| a. giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation |
| a. removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated |
sock
9
| n. plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama |
| n. an artist who creates sculptures |
| n. place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque |
| a. tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health |
spartan
10
| n. act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal |
| v. advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off |
| a. avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined |
| v. confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony |