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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adventurer  Speak Example sentences
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[отличительные] special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
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[валун] a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil
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[авантюрист] one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries
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[анатомии] detailed analysis;  the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged
aghast  Speak Example sentences
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[близость] natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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[ужас] struck by shock, terror, or amazement
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[плен] prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
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[стиснуть] close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
amorous  Speak Example sentences
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[любовный] moved by sexual love; loving
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[удрученный] being in low spirits; depressed
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[обожание] act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
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[трусости] lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit
assail  Speak Example sentences
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[нападать] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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[засушливых] dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
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[базар] market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East
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[мягкий] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
audacity  Speak Example sentences
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[циничным] skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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[смелость] daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
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[бальные] large room used mainly for dancing
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[ужасных] causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
awe  Speak Example sentences
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[бальные] large room used mainly for dancing
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[ухудшаться] become worse; decline
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[трепет] mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
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[от] old-fashioned; obsolete
ballroom  Speak Example sentences
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[нападать] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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[удрученный] being in low spirits; depressed
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[бальные] large room used mainly for dancing
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[созвездия] some stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
bazaar  Speak Example sentences
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[сидр] beverage made from juice pressed from apples
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[трепет] mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
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[базар] market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East
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[воздержаться] refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
bland  Speak Example sentences
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[применимо] capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
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[распускаться] grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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[мягкий] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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[конечно] in a way that causes something to be certain; undoubtedly
boulder  Speak Example sentences
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[валун] a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil
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[конечно] in a way that causes something to be certain; undoubtedly
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[летописи] a chronological record of the events of successive years
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[нападать] assault; attack with or as if with violent blows