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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sarcasm  Speak Example sentences
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a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
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lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
seemingly  Speak Example sentences
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bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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apparently; appearing to be something, especially when this is not true
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victory; win; expressing great joy
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import or export without paying customs duties
shiver  Speak Example sentences
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shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
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part of the leg between the hip and the knee
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the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
solar  Speak Example sentences
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soak; make thoroughly wet
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proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank
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apparently; appearing to be something, especially when this is not true
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of or relating to the sun
spectrum  Speak Example sentences
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determination; resolving to do something; a formal statement of a decision
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move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
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a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
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the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
spiral  Speak Example sentences
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pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
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rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
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keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
starve  Speak Example sentences
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while on the contrary; while at the same time
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hunger; deprive of food
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extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; happen
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one who binds himself to answer for another and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother
steep  Speak Example sentences
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soak; make thoroughly wet
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the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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a tool consisting of a broad scoop, or hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing loose substances
straightforward  Speak Example sentences
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recover; find and bring in; get back
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clip; cut down to the desired size or shape
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proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank
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hunger; deprive of food
sustain  Speak Example sentences
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done or undertaken of one's own free will; unforced
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admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
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keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
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a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony