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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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Exercise
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
languid  Speak Example sentences
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
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complete view in every direction.
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
luminous  Speak Example sentences
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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in a regular periodic manner; intermittently
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cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
mitigate  Speak Example sentences
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occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
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make less severe or harsh; moderate
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domestic fowls reared for eating, or their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, ducks, and geese
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expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
negligible  Speak Example sentences
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so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
obedient  Speak Example sentences
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temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
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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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in a regular periodic manner; intermittently
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go beyond in performance; excel; surpass.
odour  Speak Example sentences
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traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
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any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume
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small  leaf; a leaf-like organ or part
paralyse  Speak Example sentences
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of or pertaining to metal; of metal nature; resembling metal
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume
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make unable to move or act; impair the progress or functioning of
partisan  Speak Example sentences
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
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be or go before something or someone in time or space
pathos  Speak Example sentences
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
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sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter