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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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devastating  Speak Example sentences
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[배아] bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed
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[치열] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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[아첨] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
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[피드백] response to an inquiry or experiment
dreadful  Speak Example sentences
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[섬광] light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
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[외부] exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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[무서운] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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[유아] child in the first period of life; young babe
dreary  Speak Example sentences
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[향기] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[레이스] delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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[친척] one's relatives; family; kinfolk
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[coeducation] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
dynamic  Speak Example sentences
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[피드백] response to an inquiry or experiment
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[자격] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
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[향기] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[동적] energetic; vigorously active
editorial  Speak Example sentences
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[식용] eatable; the substance that can be used as a food
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[효율] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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[사설] of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
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[통찰력] understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
erratic  Speak Example sentences
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[엉뚱한] no fixed or regular course; wandering
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[자격] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
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[순례] demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
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[친척] one's relatives; family; kinfolk
external  Speak Example sentences
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[외부] exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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[상아] teeth of the elephant;  pale or grayish-yellow to yellowish-white
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[향기] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[자격] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
herd  Speak Example sentences
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[무리] flock; crowd; a group of cattle or other domestic animals
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[정당화] the good or just reason; condition or fact of being justified
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[무효] of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
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[직관] immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
imminent  Speak Example sentences
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[정당화] the good or just reason; condition or fact of being justified
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[급박한] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[가루] fine powdery foodstuff; soft, fine powder
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[주도권을] serving to initiate; introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins
imply  Speak Example sentences
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[급박한] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[무리] flock; crowd; a group of cattle or other domestic animals
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[암시] express or indicate indirectly; signify
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[아첨] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them