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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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mania  Speak Example sentences
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in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
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initiate; invent; bring into being; create
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craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
minimise  Speak Example sentences
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reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree
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excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
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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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state of poor nutrition
monotonous  Speak Example sentences
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highland; upland; relatively flat highland
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a chemical used to kill pests
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
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ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something
narrative  Speak Example sentences
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belong; have a connection with or dependence on
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make unable to move or act; impair the progress or functioning of
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story; art, technique, or process of telling a story
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
nautical  Speak Example sentences
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relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
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quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
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initiate; invent; bring into being; create
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most favorable or advantageous
oriental  Speak Example sentences
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dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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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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capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
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of or relating to the countries of the orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern
ostentation  Speak Example sentences
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focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
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belong; have a connection with or dependence on
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of or relating to the countries of the orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
permeate  Speak Example sentences
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
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a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
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capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
perplexity  Speak Example sentences
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quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
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evil deed; wicked action
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make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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state of poor nutrition
pertain  Speak Example sentences
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ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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belong; have a connection with or dependence on
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excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
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growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter