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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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minute  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
Exercise
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; program; plan; scheme
Exercise
public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
Exercise
extremely small; short note
notion  Speak Example sentences
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shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
Exercise
general or universal conception; belief or opinion
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relation of a father to his child
Exercise
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; program; plan; scheme
obsessed  Speak Example sentences
3
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worthy of notice; extraordinary
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having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; influenced or controlled by a powerful force
Exercise
the glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body
Exercise
state of being public; information to attract public notice
obsession  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
determine the size of something; mark the layout, or establish dimensions; estimate by evaluation or comparison
Exercise
incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
Exercise
state that is intermediate between extremes
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compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
odd  Speak Example sentences
5
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out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred
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not easily explained; beyond from the usual or expected; not divisible by two
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draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
Exercise
trivial; of small importance; very small
paternity  Speak Example sentences
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Exercise
the science that deals with mental processes and behavior
Exercise
state of being public; information to attract public notice
Exercise
a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
Exercise
relation of a father to his child
percent  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
Exercise
state of being public; information to attract public notice
Exercise
existing in possibility; expected to become or be
Exercise
out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred
petty  Speak Example sentences
8
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trivial; of small importance; very small
Exercise
belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
Exercise
public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
Exercise
a sign posted in public place as an advertisement
pit  Speak Example sentences
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state of being public; information to attract public notice
Exercise
give temporarily; temporary provision of money
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confront; set into opposition or rivalry
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of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons
plague  Speak Example sentences
10
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being as origin; as found in nature in the elemental form
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epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
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state of being present; current existence
Exercise
the largest possible quantity