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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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literate  Speak Example sentences
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[रिहर्सल] act of rehearsing; exercise or practice to prepare for a public performance
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[साक्षर] educated; schooled; one who can read and write
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[पर्स] gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; contract one's lips into a rounded shape
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[निक] shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
maxim  Speak Example sentences
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[कहावत] proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
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[नाराजगी] offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
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[कगार] projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged underwater
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[निक] shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
millennium  Speak Example sentences
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[सदियों] a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
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[हटना] the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
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[विस्मरण] condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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[मेसन] one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; one who prepares stone for building purposes
obscurity  Speak Example sentences
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[स्वामित्व] an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
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[वक्तृत्व] place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
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[भरने] fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
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[अंधकार] quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness
outrage  Speak Example sentences
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[नाराजगी] offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
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[कहावत] proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
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[अभिव्यक्ति दलदली] muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
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[खड्ड] gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley
oxen  Speak Example sentences
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[बैलों] domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
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[अभिव्यक्ति दलदली] muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
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[अध्यक्षता] be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; occupy the place of the president; direct as chief officer
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[विस्मरण] condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
penitent  Speak Example sentences
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[पश्चातापी] feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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[विस्मरण] condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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[अंधकार] quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness
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[शुद्धि] act of purging of sin or guilt; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
pensive  Speak Example sentences
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[ओढ़ना] make a sound quieter and less clear
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[मात्र] being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
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[प्रोजेक्टर] an optical device for projecting a beam of light
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[चिंताग्रस्त] deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
persecution  Speak Example sentences
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[उत्पीड़न] unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race, religion, or political beliefs
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[पर्स] gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; contract one's lips into a rounded shape
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[अभिविन्यास] position relative to points of directions; course introducing a new situation
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[अपराध] act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
pose  Speak Example sentences
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[मुद्रा] bodily attitude or position, especially one assumed for an artist or a photographer
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[सदियों] a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
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[नाराजगी] offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
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[भरने] fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to