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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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magnate  Speak Example sentences
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state of poor nutrition
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quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
mania  Speak Example sentences
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craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise
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state of poor nutrition
metropolitan  Speak Example sentences
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breathe quickly or in a labored manner; sigh
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a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
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liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
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city center; one who lives in a city center
mildew  Speak Example sentences
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growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
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something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
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copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
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having many sides; many-sided
multilateral  Speak Example sentences
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having many sides; many-sided
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
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dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
nil  Speak Example sentences
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strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
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nonexistence; nothingness; zero
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nothing; of no account; worthless; zero
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
oar  Speak Example sentences
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make longer; draw out; lengthen
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long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
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growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
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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
outcry  Speak Example sentences
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breathe quickly or in a labored manner; sigh
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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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strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
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a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors
oxide  Speak Example sentences
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any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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provide with nourishment; provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth
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having many sides; many-sided
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a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
pant  Speak Example sentences
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long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
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peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
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breathe quickly or in a labored manner; sigh
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having many sides; many-sided