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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retailer  Speak Example sentences
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lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
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not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
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a company which sells goods
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
retroactive  Speak Example sentences
2
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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stocky; short and thick; low and broad
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
rout  Speak Example sentences
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony
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cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
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building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
scoff  Speak Example sentences
4
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make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
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marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
somber  Speak Example sentences
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something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
spinning  Speak Example sentences
6
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wood or collection of trees, shrubs
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the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
stalk  Speak Example sentences
7
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stocky; short and thick; low and broad
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stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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the soldier placed on guard; guard
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pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
stately  Speak Example sentences
8
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rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
symmetrical  Speak Example sentences
9
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proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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the soldier placed on guard; guard
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pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
tarry  Speak Example sentences
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proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste