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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retrieve  Speak Example sentences
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[असहज] not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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[क्रूर] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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[पुनर्प्राप्त] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[फावड़ा] a tool consisting of a broad scoop, or hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing loose substances
ruthless  Speak Example sentences
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[पट्टा] belt; a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
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[स्लेट] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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[क्रूर] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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[इस्तीफे] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
shovel  Speak Example sentences
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[घमंड] quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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[बनाए रखने] keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
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[अत्यंत] farthest point or extremity; most distant; extreme
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[फावड़ा] a tool consisting of a broad scoop, or hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing loose substances
solemn  Speak Example sentences
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[पुनर्प्राप्त] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[गंभीर] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[आंकड़े] a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
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[इस्तीफा] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
stem  Speak Example sentences
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[सिंथेटिक] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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[क्रूर] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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[स्टेम] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[टांका] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[धारी] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[पिघलना] melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
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[पट्टा] belt; a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
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[टांका] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
susceptible  Speak Example sentences
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[ट्रिम] clip; cut down to the desired size or shape
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[अतिसंवेदनशील] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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[वेग] rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
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[पुनर्प्राप्त] recover; find and bring in; get back
suspend  Speak Example sentences
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[वध] act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
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[इस्तीफे] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[निलंबित] hang freely; postpone; delay
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[बर्बर] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
synthetic  Speak Example sentences
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[] close examination; minute inspection; critical observation
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[सिंथेटिक] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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[टूर्नामेंट] contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
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[समाप्त] stop; bring to an end or halt
tilt  Speak Example sentences
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[समाप्त] stop; bring to an end or halt
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[अतिसंवेदनशील] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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[स्टेम] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[कस झुकाव] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical