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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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invoke  Speak Example sentences
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
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any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
laborious  Speak Example sentences
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the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
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something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
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demanding much work or care; tedious
merge  Speak Example sentences
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trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
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combine or join together, or to cause things to do this; unite
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make laws; create or pass laws
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impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
microfilm  Speak Example sentences
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
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examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
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continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size
opaque  Speak Example sentences
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
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a substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
outdo  Speak Example sentences
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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open to view; not secret or hidden
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depict; describe; draw
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go beyond in performance; excel; surpass.
palatable  Speak Example sentences
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place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space
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any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
pastime  Speak Example sentences
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go beyond in performance; excel; surpass.
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something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
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ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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be or go before something or someone in time or space
pendulum  Speak Example sentences
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a body suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum
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loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
pester  Speak Example sentences
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loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened
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trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
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throw over; overturn; upset; turn upside down; cause to fall or to fail
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homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past