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Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
isle 
1
 | island; spot within another of a different color |
| making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade |
| pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy |
| make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner |
jagged
2
| unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality |
| unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike |
| an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem |
| treat ill; abuse; treat roughly. |
jeer
3
| copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship |
| lacking wit or imagination; ordinary |
| trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations |
lavish
4
| liberal; wasteful; excessive spending |
| bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come |
| gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship |
| island; spot within another of a different color |
maltreat
5
| treat ill; abuse; treat roughly. |
| peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| nourish; help grow or develop; foster |
| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
minimise
6
| copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries |
| reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree |
| nonexistence; nothingness; zero |
monsoon
7
| make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner |
| the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries |
| ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something |
| make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable |
muddle
8
| take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob |
| make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner |
| constantly; always; in every case or on every occasion |
| temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over |
negate
9
| the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command |
| throw over; overturn; upset; turn upside down; cause to fall or to fail |
| cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny |
| temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over |
nylon
10
| any of a family of high-strength, resilient synthetic polymers |
| an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem |
| the central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core |
| make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable |