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Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
languid 
1
 | powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry |
| state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries |
| lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness |
laudable
2
| capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honor |
| deserving of praise; worthy of high praise |
| turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of |
malleable
3
| beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest |
| story; art, technique, or process of telling a story |
mobilize
4
| assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement |
| lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness |
| a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined |
| deserving of praise; worthy of high praise |
nostalgia
5
| acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
| homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past |
| turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of |
| introduction, usually to a poem or play |
novice
6
| without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately |
| threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
oblique
7
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| a chemical used to kill pests |
| acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
ominous
8
| threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
| lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness |
| be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance |
palatable
9
| officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honor |
| acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
| something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay |
| vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep |
perpendicular
10
| vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep |
| relatively distant or remote from a center or middle |
| something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |