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Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
respite 
1
 | the feeling of fear of embarrassment |
| usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| a very tall building with many stories |
| act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill |
sheltered
2
| protected from danger or bad weather |
| bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary |
| science of God or religion |
| walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet |
sift
3
| hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter |
| sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow |
| separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize |
| usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
sloop
4
| single-mast sailing boat |
| be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion |
| hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground |
| extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect: |
spine
5
| face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal |
| backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf |
| single-mast sailing boat |
| act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal |
spotless
6
| poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite |
| completely neat and clean |
| without advance preparation; naturally |
| one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia |
sprain
7
| a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments |
| be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion |
| one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax |
| hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter |
stark
8
| one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia |
| bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary |
| unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
| act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill |
substitute
9
| bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary |
| one that takes the place of another; a replacement |
| not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws |
| lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
subterranean
10
| hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground |
| unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
| act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill |
| separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize |