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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dilemma  Speak Example sentences
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predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
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the diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
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unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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serving to initiate; introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins
diversion  Speak Example sentences
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act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
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swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
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interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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judge; examine and judge carefully; appraise
eddy  Speak Example sentences
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swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
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explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
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distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
efficient  Speak Example sentences
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gases ejected from an engine as waste products; use up the whole supply of
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effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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of or performance to fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers
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act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
electrician  Speak Example sentences
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strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
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predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
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of or performance to fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers
expand  Speak Example sentences
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effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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the general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
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ready or about to appear; making appearance
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become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
finance  Speak Example sentences
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management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
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of or performance to fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers
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inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation
flap  Speak Example sentences
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the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation
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the flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; an act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat
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one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
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gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
forthcoming  Speak Example sentences
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the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
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the flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; an act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat
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ready or about to appear; making appearance
glare  Speak Example sentences
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light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
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one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
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inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law