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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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kernel  Speak Example sentences
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[khủng bố] pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
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[sung mãn] producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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[hạt nhân] central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
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[đòi] make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
lax  Speak Example sentences
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[physique] natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
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[phô trương] making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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[sự rủi ro] unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
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[lỏng lẻo] loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
manifold  Speak Example sentences
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[nặng] slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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[lỏng lẻo] loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
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[ống] various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
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[tối đa] make as big or large as possible
mildew  Speak Example sentences
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[phái] reading and writing; ability to read and write
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[nấm] growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
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[cao nguyên] highland; upland; relatively flat highland
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[nặng] slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
mischance  Speak Example sentences
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[tối ưu] most favorable or advantageous
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[giận dư] make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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[nặng] slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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[sự rủi ro] unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
nautical  Speak Example sentences
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[ống] various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
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[đắn] fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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[siêng] extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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[hải lý] relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
nought  Speak Example sentences
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[tối đa] make as big or large as possible
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[phái] reading and writing; ability to read and write
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[vô] nonexistence; nothingness; zero
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[cao nguyên] highland; upland; relatively flat highland
opaque  Speak Example sentences
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[đục] impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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[chứng] one who records what is said or done; one legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity
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[hạt nhân] central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
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[trung bình] temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
optimum  Speak Example sentences
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[tối ưu] most favorable or advantageous
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[sự rủi ro] unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
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[trung bình] temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
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[ngoại vi] edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference
overwrought  Speak Example sentences
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[tiều tuỵ] extremely disturbed from emotion
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[hải] wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
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[hạt nhân] central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
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[ngập tràn] pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of