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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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repulsive  Speak Example sentences
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tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
residual  Speak Example sentences
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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something which is written; writing; scripture
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burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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remaining as a residue; surplus
resistant  Speak Example sentences
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relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
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unaffected; incapable of being affected
revert  Speak Example sentences
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a company which sells goods
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
rigidity  Speak Example sentences
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drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
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stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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unaffected; incapable of being affected
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tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
rudimentary  Speak Example sentences
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small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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yellowish-brown color; brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun
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tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
scoff  Speak Example sentences
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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single-mast sailing boat
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unaffected; incapable of being affected
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one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
sect  Speak Example sentences
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with the side forward; to or from a side
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magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
spotless  Speak Example sentences
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magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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completely neat and clean
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remaining as a residue; surplus
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one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
stalwart  Speak Example sentences
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relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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a heavy textile with a woven design