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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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layoff  Speak Example sentences
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particular to a given individual; concerning or affecting a particular person
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dismissal of employees from their jobs
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body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
lecture  Speak Example sentences
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worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public
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favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement
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body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
locate  Speak Example sentences
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legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
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act of proving; trial period
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find; settle; determine or specify the position or limits o
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adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
luxury  Speak Example sentences
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make less severe or strict; become less tense
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act of proving; trial period
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something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
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legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
magnificent  Speak Example sentences
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explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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penetrate; make a hole into
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grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
misrepresent  Speak Example sentences
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virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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take for granted as true in the absence of proof; venture without authority
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take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
municipal  Speak Example sentences
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having or showing great strength or force or intensity
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metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
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something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
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get or find back; regain a former condition
negative  Speak Example sentences
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adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
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metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
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escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
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something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
nowhere  Speak Example sentences
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not anywhere; not in any place or state
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grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
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a significant event that occurs at a critical time; opportunity to do something; event or happening
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
oath  Speak Example sentences
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worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
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solemn promise; commitment to telling the truth
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explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
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dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; event or experience that is intensely distressing