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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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jeer  Speak Example sentences
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deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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exceed or surpass; leave behind
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gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
laden  Speak Example sentences
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generous; high-minded; chivalrous
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happy and ready to do favors for others
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loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened
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temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
latent  Speak Example sentences
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depict; describe; draw
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
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loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened
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present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
lull  Speak Example sentences
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wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of the body
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction
metallic  Speak Example sentences
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lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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relating to where a person or animal was born; native
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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of or pertaining to metal; of metal nature; resembling metal
natal  Speak Example sentences
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enumerate; count; read according to the rules of numeration
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cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number
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dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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relating to where a person or animal was born; native
offhand  Speak Example sentences
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someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
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impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
overwhelm  Speak Example sentences
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cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
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cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
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deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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exceed or surpass; leave behind
pendulum  Speak Example sentences
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ease the anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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a body suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum
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lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
percussion  Speak Example sentences
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gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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striking one object against another sharply