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Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
rinse 
1
 | cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap |
| shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy |
| interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
| false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
scrape
2
| remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly |
| bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary |
| abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface |
| with the side forward; to or from a side |
shawl
3
| shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy |
| a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head |
| seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony |
| interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
solemnity
4
| seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony |
| yellowish-brown color; brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun |
| remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly |
| a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head |
stark
5
| hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool |
| cancel; make void; repeal or annul |
| quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness |
| bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary |
stratum
6
| a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society |
| color; dye with a color |
| interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
| unprincipled; lacking honesty |
substitute
7
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| one that takes the place of another; a replacement |
| comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress |
| extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect: |
sunburn
8
| becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony |
| redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun |
swine
9
| having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress |
| melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition |
| comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress |
| any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig |
treacherous
10
| any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig |
| poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful |
| pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring |
| dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray |