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Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
maim 
1
 | island; spot within another of a different color |
| make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable |
| in a regular periodic manner; intermittently |
| wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of the body |
maximise
2
| stately; royal; relating to a monarch |
| make as big or large as possible |
| foremost in importance; supreme in rank |
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
merge
3
| bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come |
| act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything |
| combine or join together, or to cause things to do this; unite |
| a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined |
mildew
4
| impose fine or tax; collect payment |
| growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter |
| cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle |
| quality or state of being productive; productiveness. |
mire
5
| morally or legally constraining; required; binding |
| deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate |
| take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob |
| cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle |
monsoon
6
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries |
| tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| nonexistence; nothingness; zero |
necessitate
7
| make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable |
| crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil |
| in a regular periodic manner; intermittently |
| quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility |
obligatory
8
| morally or legally constraining; required; binding |
| cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks |
| island; spot within another of a different color |
| sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door |
obliging
9
| deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate |
| conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; receive false notion of; misjudge; misapprehend. |
| tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| happy and ready to do favors for others |
oblique
10
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil |
| foremost in importance; supreme in rank |
| relatively distant or remote from a center or middle |