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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retroactive  Speak Example sentences
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extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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with the side forward; to or from a side
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tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
reverence  Speak Example sentences
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profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
salient  Speak Example sentences
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
scabbard  Speak Example sentences
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the case for sword blade; sheath
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having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve
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hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
scaffold  Speak Example sentences
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act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
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wood or collection of trees, shrubs
sift  Speak Example sentences
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act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
stapler  Speak Example sentences
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one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
strain  Speak Example sentences
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pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper
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caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
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originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
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land or an area of land of high elevation
stratum  Speak Example sentences
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increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper
supple  Speak Example sentences
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extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
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flexible; moving and bending with ease