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Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
literacy 
1
 | steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil |
| reading and writing; ability to read and write |
| acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
loath
2
| pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of |
| impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous |
| a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center |
| unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike |
meagre
3
| make smooth or slippery |
| injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil |
| a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center |
| deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate |
necessitate
4
| make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable |
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
| confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve |
nominal
5
| the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries |
| deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate |
| ban; taboo; forbid |
| in name only; insignificantly small |
notation
6
| checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical |
| excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason |
| acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
| technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction |
nourish
7
| lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
| provide with nourishment; provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth |
| warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair |
| make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable |
obedient
8
| ban; taboo; forbid |
| the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command |
| provide with nourishment; provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth |
| so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded |
observance
9
| excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason |
| act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; an act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect |
| technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction |
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
overwrought
10
| peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak |
| extremely disturbed from emotion |
| someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine |
| strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor |