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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[무효] make invalid; nullify; destroy
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[이미지] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
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[전자] of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
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[본능] as a matter of instinct or nature
figurative  Speak Example sentences
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[플레어가] flame up with a bright, wavering light; burst into intense, sudden flame; become suddenly angry
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[laboriously] in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
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[불일치] state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
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[비유] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
financial  Speak Example sentences
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[이단] one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
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[금융] monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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[은둔] a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives
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[침입] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
florid  Speak Example sentences
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[음향 완화] precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
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[유해한] harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
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[냉정] having no personal preference; objective
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[irksome] reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
forego  Speak Example sentences
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[쉽게 믿지 않음] disbelief; doubt about the truth of something
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[무인기] one who invades; assailant; encroacher; intruder
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[음향 완화] precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
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[유해한] harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
frivolous  Speak Example sentences
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[경솔] lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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[호위] one who conducts someone as an attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey
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[오만] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[젠트] the most powerful members of society
furrow  Speak Example sentences
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[명씩] trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
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[연설] noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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[음향 완화] precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
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[망원경] see briefly; catch sight of
ginger  Speak Example sentences
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[생강] plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies
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[유연성] rigid; stiff; incapable of being changed
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[비유] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[오만] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
gratification  Speak Example sentences
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[조명] degree of visibility of your environment
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[laboriously] in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
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[만족] act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
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[무인기] one who invades; assailant; encroacher; intruder
guile  Speak Example sentences
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[laboriously] in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
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[경솔] lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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[젠트] the most powerful members of society
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[교활] skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly