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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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kindle  Speak Example sentences
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resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
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build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
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natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
meditate  Speak Example sentences
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dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; plan in the mind
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stop; impede; shut out from view
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morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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having the form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
molecule  Speak Example sentences
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any animals kept for use or profit
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a chemical used to kill pests
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
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the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
mould  Speak Example sentences
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a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
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crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
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so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
obligatory  Speak Example sentences
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cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
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vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
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morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
observatory  Speak Example sentences
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warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
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expel; eject from a position or place; force out
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place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space
obstruct  Speak Example sentences
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stop; impede; shut out from view
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make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
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belong; have a connection with or dependence on
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expel; eject from a position or place; force out
ore  Speak Example sentences
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small  leaf; a leaf-like organ or part
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a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
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technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction
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breathe quickly or in a labored manner; sigh
periphery  Speak Example sentences
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a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
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edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; plan in the mind
perishable  Speak Example sentences
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liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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initiate; invent; bring into being; create
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build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of