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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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accused  Speak Example sentences
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blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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the root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped and of a reddish yellow color
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find or declare guilty
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defendant or defendants in a criminal case; a person charged with an offense
alarm  Speak Example sentences
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blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger
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knowing; having knowledge or cognizance
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interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
attempt  Speak Example sentences
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any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger
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give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
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the action of trying at something
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of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition
awkward  Speak Example sentences
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a ball of thread or cord; thread; something guides or directs anything of a doubtful or intricate nature
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difficult to handle or manage
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give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
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division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
bachelor  Speak Example sentences
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an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
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unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges
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blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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defendant or defendants in a criminal case; a person charged with an offense
bacon  Speak Example sentences
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an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
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back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
bait  Speak Example sentences
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breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply
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examine and note the similarities or differences of
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harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
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the field where the buildings of a university are situated
bake  Speak Example sentences
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prepare, as food, by cooking in dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal
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be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
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give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
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lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
betray  Speak Example sentences
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complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
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something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift to prevent judgment
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be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
border  Speak Example sentences
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outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden; margin; verge; brink; boundary
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school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety