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| Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes |   |
rustic 
1
 | typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance |
| disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of |
| sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up |
sag
2
| bring about; arouse; inspire; activate |
| rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling |
| sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane |
| sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
sloth
3
| energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
| having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress |
| magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur |
| laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals |
spinning
4
| act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
| rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling |
| having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress |
| bring about; arouse; inspire; activate |
spite
5
| bring about; arouse; inspire; activate |
| wood or collection of trees, shrubs |
| ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart |
| religious zeal; willingness to serve God |
splendor
6
| mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily |
| magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur |
| sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane |
| interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide |
submarine
7
| beneath the surface of the water; undersea |
| mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily |
| magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur |
| not existing in nature or explanation according to natural laws |
subsequently
8
| mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily |
| rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling |
| in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore |
| laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals |
supplement
9
| in time past; long ago; in old time |
| something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole |
| melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition |
| speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint |
teem
10
| the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid |
| forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime |
| be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy |
| be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers |