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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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imprisonment  Speak Example sentences
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confinement; putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
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a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
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not suited to your comfort, purpose, or needs
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essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
inclined  Speak Example sentences
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profession devoted to governing and political affairs; study of government of states and other political units
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defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
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agitated; worried and anxious
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tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
industrious  Speak Example sentences
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diligent; hard-working; busy, and laborious
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fluid; juice; substance in a fluid state
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not suited to your comfort, purpose, or needs
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something proposed; an act of proposing; an offer of marriage
instructive  Speak Example sentences
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state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
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relative importance; the property of being prominent; a standing out from the surface of something
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essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
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serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening
interrupt  Speak Example sentences
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guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
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small smooth rounded rock
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act of extreme violence or viciousness; offense
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terminate; make a break in
monotony  Speak Example sentences
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out of houses; out of doors
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in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
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uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
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inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
mute  Speak Example sentences
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the attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets
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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
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fluid; juice; substance in a fluid state
outdoors  Speak Example sentences
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not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; not bright or brilliant
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out of houses; out of doors
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the attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets
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a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
outrage  Speak Example sentences
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refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
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act of extreme violence or viciousness; offense
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act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly
overcome  Speak Example sentences
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uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
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act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play
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defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
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habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering