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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rescind  Speak Example sentences
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giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
residue  Speak Example sentences
2
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utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
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circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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a thick sweet sticky liquid
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the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
roundabout  Speak Example sentences
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queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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discolored; dirty; having a stain
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principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
salient  Speak Example sentences
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circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
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temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
siren  Speak Example sentences
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prickly; having or covered with protective barbs
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throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
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an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
spark  Speak Example sentences
6
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bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
spell  Speak Example sentences
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extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
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air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
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the feeling of fear of embarrassment
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name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
stained  Speak Example sentences
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discolored; dirty; having a stain
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temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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cancel; make void; repeal or annul
staple  Speak Example sentences
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disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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discolored; dirty; having a stain
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the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
stratum  Speak Example sentences
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magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
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giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation