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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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restrictive  Speak Example sentences
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[rửa] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[quét] extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
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[hạn chế] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[nhạy cảm] sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
rider  Speak Example sentences
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[rider] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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[telex] communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
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[phù hợp] meant or adapted for an occasion or use
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[chuẩn] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
sate  Speak Example sentences
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[taint] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[cản trở] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[nhất trí] complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
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[tiểu bang đã] satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
scrape  Speak Example sentences
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[Spartan] avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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[bừa bãi] unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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[bộ lạc] relating to a group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe
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[cạo] abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
sift  Speak Example sentences
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[hạn chế] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[sử dụng] state of having been made use of; the act of using
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[độc] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[sàng lọc] separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
skyrocket  Speak Example sentences
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[rác] garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
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[tăng vọt] increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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[huyền bí] strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
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[chuẩn] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
somber  Speak Example sentences
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[rider] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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[sock] plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama
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[ảm đạm] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[phù hợp] meant or adapted for an occasion or use
spartan  Speak Example sentences
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[bổ sung] something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole
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[Spartan] avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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[bừa bãi] unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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[vô đạo đức] unprincipled; lacking honesty
suffrage  Speak Example sentences
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[sock] plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama
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[phổ thông đầu phiếu] the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
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[ấm trà] pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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[siêu âm] supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
symbolism  Speak Example sentences
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[biểu tượng] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[cản trở] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[hủy bỏ] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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[bổ sung] something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole