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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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latitude  Speak Example sentences
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humble; less ambitious; moderate
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farm; an area under cultivation;  a group of cultivated trees or plants
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freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
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authority to act for another; agent or substitute
license  Speak Example sentences
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fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
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official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
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opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question
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one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
masculine  Speak Example sentences
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of the male sex; not female; having the qualities of a man
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a vessel belonging to a regular line of packets, like ship or plane
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a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force
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slightly wet; damp or humid
modest  Speak Example sentences
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humble; less ambitious; moderate
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percentage; quotient obtained when a part is divided by the whole; part considered in relation to the whole
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having or suggesting great physical power; of or relating to or consisting of muscle
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push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed slowly or lazily; thrust forward
module  Speak Example sentences
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make known;  give notice to; inform by notice
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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everlasting; continuing without interruption
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standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
moist  Speak Example sentences
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inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
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make known;  give notice to; inform by notice
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opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question
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slightly wet; damp or humid
oasis  Speak Example sentences
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fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
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everlasting; continuing without interruption
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loss of the ability to move a body part
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fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
obsess  Speak Example sentences
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gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
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attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
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preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone
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caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
peril  Speak Example sentences
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the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
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act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
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danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
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set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct
pounce  Speak Example sentences
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declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future
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attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
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dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
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farm; an area under cultivation;  a group of cultivated trees or plants