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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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jeer  Speak Example sentences
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make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
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one who records what is said or done; one legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity
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ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
layman  Speak Example sentences
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one of the often brightly colored parts of a flower, immediately surrounding reproductive organs
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
madden  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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checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
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make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
maize  Speak Example sentences
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tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
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any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
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skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
metallic  Speak Example sentences
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of or pertaining to metal; of metal nature; resembling metal
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
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most favorable or advantageous
nought  Speak Example sentences
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one of the often brightly colored parts of a flower, immediately surrounding reproductive organs
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focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
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something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
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nonexistence; nothingness; zero
oar  Speak Example sentences
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take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
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gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
optimum  Speak Example sentences
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
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most favorable or advantageous
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tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
ostensible  Speak Example sentences
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any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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state of poor nutrition
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put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
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one of the often brightly colored parts of a flower, immediately surrounding reproductive organs
parody  Speak Example sentences
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waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable