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Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
encircle 
1
 | form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround |
| marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate |
| lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted |
| one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion |
entrust
2
| of or pertaining to an electron or electrons. |
| give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone |
| foolishness; lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight |
| boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom |
exemption
3
| permission not to do something |
| wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering |
| one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion |
| free, without charge; costing nothing |
figurative
4
| something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive |
| not literal, but metaphorical; not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning |
| a barrier that serves to enclose an area |
| pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue |
fiscal
5
| not literal, but metaphorical; not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning |
| based on assumptions; supposed |
| pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue |
| one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor |
footnote
6
| long narrow furrow or channel; settled routine; very pleasurable experience |
| protection; exemption from normal legal duties |
| quality or condition of being formal; something done just for form's sake |
| a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to |
formality
7
| freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort |
| gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass |
| quality or condition of being formal; something done just for form's sake |
| maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages |
gaze
8
| offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory |
| fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment |
| proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once |
| give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone |
herd
9
| gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass |
| urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial |
| the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director |
| offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory |
heresy
10
| quality or condition of being formal; something done just for form's sake |
| the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director |
| opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion |
| based on assumptions; supposed |