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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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drudgery  Speak Example sentences
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capable of being accomplished or brought about
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dampness; moisture; a measurement of how much water there is in the air
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bring out; arouse; call forth
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hard, monotonous routine work
earnest  Speak Example sentences
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
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seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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provide or brighten with light; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
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likely to fail or be inaccurate
elicit  Speak Example sentences
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draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
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trip; usually a short journey made for pleasure
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raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth to drink
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chart; a drawing illustrating the relations
embed  Speak Example sentences
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an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes
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capable of being accomplished or brought about
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enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
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pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
fabricate  Speak Example sentences
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suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
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build; put together out of components or parts
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flutter; flap the wings without flying; waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air
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slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure
finite  Speak Example sentences
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provide or brighten with light; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
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emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
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pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
ghastly  Speak Example sentences
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horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
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pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
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one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
gland  Speak Example sentences
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from this time forward; henceforward
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an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes
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capable of being accomplished or brought about
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
henceforth  Speak Example sentences
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sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
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from this time forward; henceforward
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great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
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a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
hoist  Speak Example sentences
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very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure
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raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth to drink