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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abhor  Speak Example sentences
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[알레르기] a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
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[절기하다] fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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[아스날] storage place for military equipment; a stock of weapons
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[복장] clothes, especially of a particular or formal type; dress
apparel  Speak Example sentences
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[불임] unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
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[후원자] gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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[의복] external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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[애니메이션] having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in the form of cartoon
appreciative  Speak Example sentences
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[감사] having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception
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[흥미] not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
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[발생] increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
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[종지] rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
approbation  Speak Example sentences
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[일관성없는] aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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[맛있는] delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
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[허가] expression of warm approval; praise
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[계급] any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
audacity  Speak Example sentences
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[대담] daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
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[아스날] storage place for military equipment; a stock of weapons
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[허가] expression of warm approval; praise
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[부지런한] constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
cipher  Speak Example sentences
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[암호문] secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
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[발라줍] mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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[우려] capable of knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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[연소] act of burning something
compound  Speak Example sentences
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[알레르기] a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
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[도망쳤다] remote from civilization; left desolate or empty; abandoned
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[중화] negate; act against
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[화합물] combination of two or more elements or parts
constitutional  Speak Example sentences
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[헌법] of or relating to a constitution or establishment form of government
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[방석] protect from impacts or other disturbing effects; absorb the shock of
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[화합물] combination of two or more elements or parts
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[후원자] gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
contrast  Speak Example sentences
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[매복] disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station
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[고통] cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
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[대조] set in opposition to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
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[하늘빛] sky blue; light purplish-blue
corporal  Speak Example sentences
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[일관성없는] aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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[연소] act of burning something
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[상병] belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
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[저하] become worse; decline