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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retrieve  Speak Example sentences
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compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
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hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
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recover; find and bring in; get back
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range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
revolve  Speak Example sentences
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give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
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never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
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public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
rival  Speak Example sentences
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compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
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going from one state of action to another
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fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
sigh  Speak Example sentences
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man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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material in the surface of the earth
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give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
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inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
soil  Speak Example sentences
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material in the surface of the earth
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isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; happen
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turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
solitary  Speak Example sentences
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paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
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while on the contrary; while at the same time
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pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
stationery  Speak Example sentences
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range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
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recover; find and bring in; get back
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never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
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paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
stern  Speak Example sentences
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open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
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pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
thermostat  Speak Example sentences
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the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
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observer; audience; one who looks on
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very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
touchy  Speak Example sentences
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tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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material in the surface of the earth
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hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ