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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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[절대] perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
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[번가] way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
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[구색] variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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[산수] theory of numerical calculations
amicable  Speak Example sentences
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[역경] state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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[우호] exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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[임명] designate; nominate; choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
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[분위기] air; a mixture of gases that surrounds any planet
archaeology  Speak Example sentences
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[추상] theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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[대담] bold; brave and taking risks
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[고백] public declaration of faith
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[고고학] study of artifacts and relics of early humankind
avenue  Speak Example sentences
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[세관] money collected under a tariff
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[시민권] status of a citizen with rights and duties
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[번가] way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
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[역경] state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
beneath  Speak Example sentences
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[우호] exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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[부정 부패] illegal, harmful, or dishonest behavior, especially by people in positions of power
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[아래] lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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[관할] capable; able to do something well
cavern  Speak Example sentences
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[부정 부패] illegal, harmful, or dishonest behavior, especially by people in positions of power
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[관할] capable; able to do something well
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[부식] the process of corroding, or metal that has been corroded; decay
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[동굴] cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave
citizenship  Speak Example sentences
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[역경] state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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[시민권] status of a citizen with rights and duties
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[결정] traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection
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[관할] capable; able to do something well
civilization  Speak Example sentences
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[분필] soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish-white color, used as a drawing implement
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[문명] a human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture
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[컨테이너] any object that can be used to hold things
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[자비로운] generous in providing aid to others; charitable
coherence  Speak Example sentences
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[일관성] logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together
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[정렬] arrangement; association; alliance
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[문명] a human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture
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[산수] theory of numerical calculations
competent  Speak Example sentences
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[관할] capable; able to do something well
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[절대적으로] utterly; not viewed in relation to other things or factors
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[조수] helper; a person who assists or helps someone else
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[축하] act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration