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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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revert  Speak Example sentences
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single-mast sailing boat
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experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
seismic  Speak Example sentences
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a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
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experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
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stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
sloop  Speak Example sentences
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single-mast sailing boat
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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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apartment barely meeting minimal standards
sovereign  Speak Example sentences
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intact; not mentioned; not touched
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one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
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sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
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poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
sultry  Speak Example sentences
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communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
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burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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hairy; lacking sharp detail or clarity; consisting of, or covered with wool
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
supple  Speak Example sentences
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in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
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flexible; moving and bending with ease
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wood or collection of trees, shrubs
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not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
symbolism  Speak Example sentences
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the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances
taunt  Speak Example sentences
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reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
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single-mast sailing boat
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physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
teapot  Speak Example sentences
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pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
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any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances
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dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
telex  Speak Example sentences
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the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
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face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals