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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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restoration  Speak Example sentences
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[несмотря] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart
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[символика] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[восстановление] act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
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[иск] plead; file a suit against
resurrection  Speak Example sentences
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[вонь] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
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[воскресение] rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
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[мрачный] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[спиннинг] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
scruple  Speak Example sentences
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[переливать] pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
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[скрупул] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
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[несмотря] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart
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[заповедник] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
skyrocket  Speak Example sentences
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[иск] plead; file a suit against
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[стволовых] the main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk
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[усилится] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[дрожь] shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
sloping  Speak Example sentences
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[румяный] reddish color; healthy-looking
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[несмотря] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart
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[наклонной] slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
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[ограничительных] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
somber  Speak Example sentences
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[отсрочку] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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[мрачный] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[сорвать] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[скрупул] hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
spartan  Speak Example sentences
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[спартанский] avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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[надежно] in a manner free from fear or risk
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[мрачный] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[причудливые] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
spite  Speak Example sentences
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[иск] plead; file a suit against
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[несмотря] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart
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[шпагат] act of twisting; lightweight cord
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[эшафот] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
squat  Speak Example sentences
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[приземистый] stocky; short and thick; low and broad
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[охотник] one who sets devices to catch animals
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[спиннинг] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[дрожь] shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
sue  Speak Example sentences
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[несмотря] ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart
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[иск] plead; file a suit against
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[спиннинг] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[отталкивающим] tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting