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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retort  Speak Example sentences
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[राजनेता] one occupied with the affairs of government and influential in shaping policy
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[धर्मनिरपेक्ष] worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
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[मुंहतोड़ जवाब] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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[जीविका] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
rotate  Speak Example sentences
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[प्रबंधक] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane
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[दृढ़] sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
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[घुमाने] plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
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[प्रभु] having supreme rank or power; self-governing; excellent; independent
scant  Speak Example sentences
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[दूर जाना] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
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[अल्प] scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
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[प्रबंधक] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane
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[विलाप] grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry
scorch  Speak Example sentences
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[प्रधान] necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
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[धूमिल] make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
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[डब्बा] four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle; wagon
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[जलाकर राख] burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
shear  Speak Example sentences
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[अल्प] scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
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[कतरनी] cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
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[पार] go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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[धर्मनिरपेक्ष] worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
slag  Speak Example sentences
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[आयत] a parallelogram with four right angles
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[मुंहतोड़ जवाब] reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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[लावा] residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
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[अल्प] scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
sluggish  Speak Example sentences
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[सुस्त] lazy; with little movement; very slow
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[कतरनी] cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
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[जीविका] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
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[निखारने] purify; make more precise; improve
stagger  Speak Example sentences
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[विनम्र] submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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[सहायक] subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
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[धूमिल] make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
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[डगमगाते] sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
steward  Speak Example sentences
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[प्रबंधक] one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane
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[जलाकर राख] burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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[विनम्र] submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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[मिलने] flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
successor  Speak Example sentences
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[दूर जाना] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
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[विनम्र] submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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[उत्तराधिकारी] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
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[भटकना] wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward