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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resilience  Speak Example sentences
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a heavy textile with a woven design
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something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole
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poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
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ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
reverie  Speak Example sentences
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daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
salient  Speak Example sentences
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amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
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complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
sanguine  Speak Example sentences
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intact; not mentioned; not touched
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amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
steep  Speak Example sentences
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having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
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completely neat and clean
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a heavy textile with a woven design
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supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
stink  Speak Example sentences
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having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
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stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
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tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
sunburn  Speak Example sentences
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
sundry  Speak Example sentences
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various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
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ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
tapestry  Speak Example sentences
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intact; not mentioned; not touched
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the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
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a heavy textile with a woven design
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make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty