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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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spark  Speak Example sentences
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giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
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meant or adapted for an occasion or use
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strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
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bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
suited  Speak Example sentences
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having a good reputation; honorable
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communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
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sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy
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meant or adapted for an occasion or use
swelling  Speak Example sentences
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
sympathize  Speak Example sentences
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beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw
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be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion
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uneven; rough; very difficult
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having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
tavern  Speak Example sentences
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gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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having a good reputation; honorable
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building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
tenderness  Speak Example sentences
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be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy
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gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
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trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
thrash  Speak Example sentences
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single-mast sailing boat
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw
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gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
twine  Speak Example sentences
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act of twisting; lightweight cord
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be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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wood or collection of trees, shrubs
utilization  Speak Example sentences
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rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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state of having been made use of; the act of using
venom  Speak Example sentences
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uneven; rough; very difficult
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continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
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poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
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pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle