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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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laden  Speak Example sentences
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unfortunate accident; bad luck
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cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened
levy  Speak Example sentences
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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impose fine or tax; collect payment
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place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
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enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
locality  Speak Example sentences
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place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
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place or turn toward the east; cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward
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impose fine or tax; collect payment
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assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement
lofty  Speak Example sentences
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a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
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making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
melancholy  Speak Example sentences
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reading and writing; ability to read and write
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot; network or net
militant  Speak Example sentences
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fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms
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cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
mobilize  Speak Example sentences
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the act of believing that something is true without having any proof; belief upon incomplete proof
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colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four-fifths of the atmosphere by volume
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unfortunate accident; bad luck
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assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement
mucous  Speak Example sentences
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pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms
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come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; catch up with; come upon from behind; capture; overcome
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opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot; network or net
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slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous
mundane  Speak Example sentences
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beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
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warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
nil  Speak Example sentences
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a student who continues studies after graduation
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loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened
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nothing; of no account; worthless; zero
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any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume