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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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refrigerator  Speak Example sentences
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the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals
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pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
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machines in which food can be stored at low temperatures
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the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
renew  Speak Example sentences
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renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
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sending of cargo; an act of sending off something
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relating to a region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
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timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
representative  Speak Example sentences
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one that represents anything; that which exhibits a likeness or similitude; agent
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a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving
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resources; money saved
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relating to health or the protection of health
resist  Speak Example sentences
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end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
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a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length; tall, slender structure
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move back and away from; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
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stand up or offer resistance; refuse to comply; withstand the force of something
retirement  Speak Example sentences
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period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving
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end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
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act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
revive  Speak Example sentences
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period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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restore from a depression; renew
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tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with a material that doesn't allow water in
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avoid deliberately; keep away from
roughly  Speak Example sentences
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a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length; tall, slender structure
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choice; variety; collection
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timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
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approximately; more or less
sensational  Speak Example sentences
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arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
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sending of cargo; an act of sending off something
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the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals
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resources; money saved
shipment  Speak Example sentences
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tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with a material that doesn't allow water in
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in a smooth manner; successfully; easily
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sending of cargo; an act of sending off something
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one that represents anything; that which exhibits a likeness or similitude; agent
slightly  Speak Example sentences
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the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
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under the level of the ground; buried
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dreadfully; frightfully; to a great extent; very much
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a little; a bit; in a small amount or degree