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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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recompense  Speak Example sentences
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render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
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tree with 10 - 40 meters tall; hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees
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choice; variety; collection
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take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
refute  Speak Example sentences
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disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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take something off a container
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freedom from risk or danger; safety
repeal  Speak Example sentences
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task or assignment undertaken; career
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revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
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an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
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go through an area in search of prey; pursue; walk with a stiff or angry gait; move threateningly
respective  Speak Example sentences
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glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful
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take something off a container
revolutionary  Speak Example sentences
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constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
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low footwear that can be on and off easily; one who slips or slides because of loss of traction
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marked by new or introducing radical change
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support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
savings  Speak Example sentences
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freedom from risk or danger; safety
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avoid deliberately; keep away from
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not practical or applied; hypothetical; of or based on a theory
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resources; money saved
silly  Speak Example sentences
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
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exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
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organized opposition to authority
slipper  Speak Example sentences
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support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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mistrust; an act of suspecting something, especially something wrong, on little evidence or without proof
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low footwear that can be on and off easily; one who slips or slides because of loss of traction
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choice; variety; collection
spot  Speak Example sentences
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location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
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act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
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memory; remembrance; the power of recalling ideas to the mind
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resources; money saved
suitable  Speak Example sentences
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glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
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support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
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avoid deliberately; keep away from