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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rib  Speak Example sentences
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magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
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religious zeal; willingness to serve God
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one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax
salient  Speak Example sentences
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backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
salutary  Speak Example sentences
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk
sap  Speak Example sentences
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something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
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majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
scandalous  Speak Example sentences
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backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
schooner  Speak Example sentences
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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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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house roof made with a plant material
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originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
snug  Speak Example sentences
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one that takes the place of another; a replacement
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
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magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
sojourn  Speak Example sentences
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
sprain  Speak Example sentences
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a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
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barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
stanza  Speak Example sentences
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proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph