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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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amorous  Speak Example sentences
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moved by sexual love; loving
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not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence
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old-fashioned; obsolete
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any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
ape  Speak Example sentences
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shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
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gold and silver in the form of bars
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a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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imitate; mimic, as an ape imitates human actions
benefactor  Speak Example sentences
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gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
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hereditary nobility; privileged class
bland  Speak Example sentences
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mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
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moved by sexual love; loving
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
blaze  Speak Example sentences
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proclaim as with a trumpet; spread the news about
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not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling
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old-fashioned; obsolete
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hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
bower  Speak Example sentences
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external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
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gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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gold and silver in the form of bars
bullion  Speak Example sentences
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gold and silver in the form of bars
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; the trait of judging wisely and objectively
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external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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struck by shock, terror, or amazement
clergy  Speak Example sentences
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shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
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clergymen collectively; the body of people ordained for religious service
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one that acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
clump  Speak Example sentences
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mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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one that acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit
contradictory  Speak Example sentences
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able to live both on land and in water
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moved by sexual love; loving
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any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
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nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing