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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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epistle  Speak Example sentences
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[Thư tín] writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
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[chiếu sáng] degree of visibility of your environment
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[ám ảnh] place of frequent resort or visitation; act, habit, or custom of resorting to place
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[chủ nghĩa anh hùng] bravery; qualities of hero or heroine
falcon  Speak Example sentences
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[thẩm quyền] authority; right and power to interpret and apply the law
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[chim ưng] birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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[đá lửa] massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to brown or black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
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[sự nâng cao] act of exalting or raising high; state of being exalted; elevation
fester  Speak Example sentences
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[sai khiến] something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
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[dai dẳng] undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt
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[xâm nhập] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
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[đàn] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
foresight  Speak Example sentences
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[tầm nhìn xa] ability to foresee future happenings
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[thẩm quyền] authority; right and power to interpret and apply the law
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[lành] curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
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[cứng nhắc] rigid; stiff; incapable of being changed
giddy  Speak Example sentences
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[bền] lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
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[thành lập] act of establishing; ratifying or ordaining; settlement; arranged order or system, especially a legal code
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[ham chơi] lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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[chim ưng] birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
greenhouse  Speak Example sentences
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[hành quyết] one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
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[xâm nhập] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
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[nhà kính] house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather
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[dể chịu] done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
haunt  Speak Example sentences
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[ám ảnh] place of frequent resort or visitation; act, habit, or custom of resorting to place
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[buồn ngủ] dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
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[hình ảnh] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
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[sử thi] a long heroic poem, or similar work of art
hypocrite  Speak Example sentences
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[cứng nhắc] rigid; stiff; incapable of being changed
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[bẩm sinh] possessed at birth; inborn
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[lành] curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
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[kẻ đạo đức giả] one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
imagery  Speak Example sentences
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[đàn] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
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[đau thương] causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
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[bất lực] unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
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[hình ảnh] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
impending  Speak Example sentences
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[gây nguy hiểm] endanger; imperil; put at risk
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[sắp] close in time; about to occur; approaching
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[chiêu] outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
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[điện tử] of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.