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Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
resolve 
1
 | make a firm decision about; find a solution to |
| creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen |
| tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting |
| hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground |
rustic
2
| typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance |
| make a firm decision about; find a solution to |
| one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax |
| a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one |
scrape
3
| absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution |
| intact; not mentioned; not touched |
| abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface |
| in a manner free from fear or risk |
securely
4
| completely neat and clean |
| in a manner free from fear or risk |
| a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one |
| becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids |
servitude
5
| forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom |
| the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment |
| shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver |
| hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter |
spotless
6
| giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal |
| rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling |
| completely neat and clean |
| disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement |
stratum
7
| a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society |
| rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions |
| marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous |
| daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake |
subsist
8
| hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter |
| one that takes the place of another; a replacement |
| difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly |
| remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself |
subterranean
9
| intact; not mentioned; not touched |
| having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve |
| hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground |
| normalize; cause to conform to a standard |
swelling
10
| rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions |
| one that takes the place of another; a replacement |
| marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous |
| becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids |