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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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devastating  Speak Example sentences
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[Росток] bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed
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[разрушительное] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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[плоские] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
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[обратная связь] response to an inquiry or experiment
dreadful  Speak Example sentences
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[блики] light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
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[внешних] exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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[ужасное] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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[младенец] child in the first period of life; young babe
dreary  Speak Example sentences
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[аромат] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[кружева] delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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[родственники] one's relatives; family; kinfolk
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[скучно] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
dynamic  Speak Example sentences
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[обратная связь] response to an inquiry or experiment
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[право] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
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[аромат] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[динамических] energetic; vigorously active
editorial  Speak Example sentences
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[пищевые] eatable; the substance that can be used as a food
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[эффективного] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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[Редакция] of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
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[понимание] understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
erratic  Speak Example sentences
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[неустойчивой] no fixed or regular course; wandering
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[право] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
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[навязать] demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
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[родственники] one's relatives; family; kinfolk
external  Speak Example sentences
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[внешних] exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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[слоновой кости] teeth of the elephant;  pale or grayish-yellow to yellowish-white
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[аромат] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[право] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
herd  Speak Example sentences
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[стадо] flock; crowd; a group of cattle or other domestic animals
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[обоснование] the good or just reason; condition or fact of being justified
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[недействительными] of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
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[интуиция] immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
imminent  Speak Example sentences
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[обоснование] the good or just reason; condition or fact of being justified
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[неизбежно] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[муки] fine powdery foodstuff; soft, fine powder
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[инициативе] serving to initiate; introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins
imply  Speak Example sentences
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[неизбежно] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[стадо] flock; crowd; a group of cattle or other domestic animals
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[следует] express or indicate indirectly; signify
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[плоские] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them