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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adoration  Speak Example sentences
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[обезьяна] imitate; mimic, as an ape imitates human actions
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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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[аристократия] hereditary nobility; privileged class
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[агрессора] one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
aloft  Speak Example sentences
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[наверх] in or into a high place; high or higher up
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[банкротом] cause to become financially ruin; ruin
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[спокойствие] mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
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[обесцениваются] lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
arbitrator  Speak Example sentences
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[лакомство] delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
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[засада] disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
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[арбитр] someone chosen to judge and decide the disputed issue;  one having the power to make authoritative decisions
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[обесцениваются] lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
artery  Speak Example sentences
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[довольный] satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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[артерии] one of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart; major transit corridor
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[смутно] vaguely; in a dim or obscure manner; with dull or imperfect vision or a faint light; not brightly or clearly
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[Кэрол] round dance; a song of joy; a song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas
bashful  Speak Example sentences
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[Дейзи] any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
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[застенчивый] abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
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[отправки] act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
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[ухаживания] a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman
blade  Speak Example sentences
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[фартук] an article of dress, of cloth or other stuff, worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean
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[апробации соответствующее] expression of warm approval; praise
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[лезвие] the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument
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[противодействия] negate; act against
carol  Speak Example sentences
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[приветливый] easily approachable; warmly friendly
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[комиссара] a person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties; member of a commission
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[циничным] skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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[Кэрол] round dance; a song of joy; a song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas
cavalier  Speak Example sentences
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[ящик] large basket, used for moving china or similar wares; box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces
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[кавалер] offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
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[фартук] an article of dress, of cloth or other stuff, worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean
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[гипотезы] believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
counteract  Speak Example sentences
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[неуважения] lack of respect for; disrespectful mental attitude
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[противодействия] negate; act against
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[трепет] mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
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[разложения] breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
countermand  Speak Example sentences
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[отменять] cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid
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[керамика] Of or about pottery, relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
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[наверх] in or into a high place; high or higher up
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[разрешения] act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant