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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dismay  Speak Example sentences
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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middle; lying between two extremes
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fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
distend  Speak Example sentences
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increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
drawback  Speak Example sentences
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disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
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weak; lacking firmness
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lack of consistency; the difference
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commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
embark  Speak Example sentences
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utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
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commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey
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a period of fourteen consecutive days
enroll  Speak Example sentences
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insert in a roil; register or enter in list or catalog; insert in records; enlist
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
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introduction of something new
eradicate  Speak Example sentences
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help bring about; make less difficult
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completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
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the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
evade  Speak Example sentences
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get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
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not thorough, constant, or consistent; by chance
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introduction of something new
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countless; too many to be counted
exceed  Speak Example sentences
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overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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combine something into a larger whole; unite
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go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree
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arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
facilitate  Speak Example sentences
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make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
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help bring about; make less difficult
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arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
framework  Speak Example sentences
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arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
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enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
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fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow