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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lament  Speak Example sentences
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
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the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
lavish  Speak Example sentences
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liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
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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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vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
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copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
mediate  Speak Example sentences
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resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
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pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
momentous  Speak Example sentences
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very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
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in name only; insignificantly small
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a chemical used to kill pests
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gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
nominal  Speak Example sentences
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in name only; insignificantly small
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provide with nourishment; provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth
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continue; insist; persevere
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pose a threat to; present a danger to;  threaten
nominate  Speak Example sentences
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make less severe or harsh; moderate
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very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
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officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honor
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
nourishment  Speak Example sentences
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coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
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a source of materials to nourish the body
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without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
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ban; taboo; forbid
noxious  Speak Example sentences
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act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
nylon  Speak Example sentences
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make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
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morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
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any of a family of high-strength, resilient synthetic polymers
offset  Speak Example sentences
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
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steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party