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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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doubtless  Speak Example sentences
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
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great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
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free from fear or suspicion; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly
dub  Speak Example sentences
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building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
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confer knighthood upon; honor with a new title or description; entitle; adorn
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
ephemeral  Speak Example sentences
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deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
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enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
escalate  Speak Example sentences
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put out or expel from a place; discharge
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payment or expense; output
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rise; increase in extent or intensity
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
exhort  Speak Example sentences
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rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
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draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
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be superior; distinguish oneself
fabricate  Speak Example sentences
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do harm to; inflict damage; do injustice to
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use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
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enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
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build; put together out of components or parts
fallacy  Speak Example sentences
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deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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rise; increase in extent or intensity
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
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grow well; decorate with ornaments; be in a period of productivity
fluctuate  Speak Example sentences
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
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vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
forecast  Speak Example sentences
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prediction about how something will develop, as for weather
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cause to be interested or curious; captivate
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arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
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do harm to; inflict damage; do injustice to
frustrate  Speak Example sentences
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vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
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rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive