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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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evergreen  Speak Example sentences
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[常緑] a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
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[残忍] savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
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[不感症] intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
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[勧告] act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
exhortation  Speak Example sentences
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[忍耐] patience;  restraint of passions; the act of forbearing or waiting
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[不変] unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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[勧告] act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
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[投棄] throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
exonerate  Speak Example sentences
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[大群] a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
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[飼料] coarse food for cattle or horses
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[免除] acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
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[忍耐] patience;  restraint of passions; the act of forbearing or waiting
flimsy  Speak Example sentences
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[薄っぺらな] weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
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[敵対] unfriendliness; hatred; state of being hostile
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[ショウガ] plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies
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[免除] acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
forage  Speak Example sentences
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[大群] a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
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[飼料] hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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[絶え間] uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
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[過剰] fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
fussy  Speak Example sentences
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[インストール] installing or giving possession of an office or rank, with the usual ceremonies; the whole of a system of machines
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[うるさい] easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
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[公正] with honesty; rightfully; fairly
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[実装ツノ] tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
glut  Speak Example sentences
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[資金調達] act of financing; financial resources provided to make some project possible
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[罪] a very wrong and unfair action or situation; gross injustice or unrighteousness, wickedness
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[操作] opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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[過剰] fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
grievance  Speak Example sentences
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[不変] unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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[無形] not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
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[夫] use economically; conserve; save
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[苦情を] cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
heavenly  Speak Example sentences
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[コツ] clever, expedient way of doing something; specific talent, especially one difficult to explain or teach
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[一見] see briefly; catch sight of
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[天国] of or belonging to heaven or god
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[絶え間] uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
hood  Speak Example sentences
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[実装ツノ] tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
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[死刑執行] one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
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[フード] covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
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[初期] early; preliminary; occurring at the beginning