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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rhetorical  Speak Example sentences
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[घूंघट] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
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[सार्वभौमिक] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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[सदृश] be similar to; take after; look like
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[बयानबाजी] relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
saddle  Speak Example sentences
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[काठी] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[प्रसिद्ध] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
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[गिर] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[whilst] while;  at the same time
speculate  Speak Example sentences
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[इस्तीफा] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[डराना] move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
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[अटकलें] assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
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[तस्करी] import or export without paying customs duties
stack  Speak Example sentences
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[सार्वभौमिक] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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[धुआँरा] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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[अस्थिर] tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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[तस्करी] import or export without paying customs duties
startle  Speak Example sentences
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[तस्करी] import or export without paying customs duties
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[निगरानी] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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[डराना] move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
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[बुलाने] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
statistics  Speak Example sentences
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[ईमानदार] in an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward
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[आंकड़े] a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
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[नमूना] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
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[गिर] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
stoop  Speak Example sentences
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[खाली] void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
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[गिर] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[शाफ्ट] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[बुलाने] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
summon  Speak Example sentences
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[बुलाने] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[प्रासंगिक] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
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[निगरानी] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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[उपयोगिता] something useful; public service
tutor  Speak Example sentences
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[सौदा] deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
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[शिक्षक] guide; give individual instruction
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[कल्पना] make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
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[प्रासंगिक] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
ultimatum  Speak Example sentences
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[भट्ठा] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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[इस्तीफा] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[पनडुब्बी] submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
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[अल्टीमेटम] last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another