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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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encircle  Speak Example sentences
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[取り囲む] form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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[衝動] marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
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[めまい] lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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[異端] one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
entrust  Speak Example sentences
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[電子] of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
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[委託] give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone
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[愚か] foolishness; lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight
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[新郎] boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
exemption  Speak Example sentences
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[免責] permission not to do something
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[やつれた] wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
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[異端] one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
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[無償] free, without charge; costing nothing
figurative  Speak Example sentences
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[誘引] something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
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[比喩は] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[フェンシング] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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[会計] pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
fiscal  Speak Example sentences
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[比喩は] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[仮説] based on assumptions; supposed
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[会計] pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
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[死刑執行] one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
footnote  Speak Example sentences
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[溝] long narrow furrow or channel; settled routine; very pleasurable experience
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[免疫] protection; exemption from normal legal duties
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[形式] quality or condition of being formal; something done just for form's sake
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[脚注] a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to
formality  Speak Example sentences
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[免責] freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
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[群れ] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
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[形式] quality or condition of being formal; something done just for form's sake
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[迷路] maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
gaze  Speak Example sentences
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[お祭り] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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[視線] fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment
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[すぐ] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
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[委託] give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone
herd  Speak Example sentences
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[群れ] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
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[横柄] urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
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[ヘルム] the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
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[お祭り] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
heresy  Speak Example sentences
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[形式] quality or condition of being formal; something done just for form's sake
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[ヘルム] the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
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[操作] opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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[仮説] based on assumptions; supposed