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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lease  Speak Example sentences
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rent; charter; engage for service under a term of the contract
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of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons
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incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
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landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
mature  Speak Example sentences
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incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
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pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
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pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
mess  Speak Example sentences
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soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
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enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
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accordant with law; lawful; based on logical reasoning; reasonable
minus  Speak Example sentences
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room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children
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existing in possibility; expected to become or be
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less; requiring to be subtracted; negative
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a significant event that occurs at a critical time; opportunity to do something; event or happening
misrepresent  Speak Example sentences
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extremely small; short note
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appeal or request earnestly; enter a plea; offer as an excuse
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worthy of notice; extraordinary
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
motive  Speak Example sentences
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worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
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pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
nuclear  Speak Example sentences
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of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons
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state of being present; current existence
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develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
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resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious
passport  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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extremely small; short note
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pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
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a piece of wood, metal, generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together
phase  Speak Example sentences
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be or become joined or united; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
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soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
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any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
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likely to develop desirably; affording hope
pilot  Speak Example sentences
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be or become joined or united; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
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worthy of notice; extraordinary
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moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
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one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight