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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dye  Speak Example sentences
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[염료] color a material, especially by soaking in a coloring solution; take on or impart color
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[본능] unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
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[고슴도치] small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines
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[침입자] trespasser; someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
epistle  Speak Example sentences
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[아로요] deed or action, particularly a brave deed
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[서간] writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
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[눈에 보이지 않는] impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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[불일치] state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
exceedingly  Speak Example sentences
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[지속] lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
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[외모] in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
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[서간] writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
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[개입] interference; interfering in some course of events
extract  Speak Example sentences
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[농담 열렬한 술이 거나하게 취한] be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
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[추출] a passage from a literary work; an excerpt; something extracted
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[면제] permission not to do something
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[유산] any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
figurative  Speak Example sentences
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[에버그린] a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
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[비유] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[눈에 보이지 않는] impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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[건물] the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
girdle  Speak Example sentences
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[발효] conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
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[지속] lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
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[아로요] deed or action, particularly a brave deed
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[거들] something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
gravitation  Speak Example sentences
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[면제] permission not to do something
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[악마] implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
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[중력] the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
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[침입자] trespasser; someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
hedgehog  Speak Example sentences
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[황당한] unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
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[동화] enchantment; illusion; imaginary supernatural being or spirit
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[외모] in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
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[고슴도치] small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines
helm  Speak Example sentences
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[농담 열렬한 술이 거나하게 취한] be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
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[아로요] deed or action, particularly a brave deed
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[조타] the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
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[불일치] state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
imperious  Speak Example sentences
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[유산] any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
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[중력] the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
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[오만한] urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
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[건물] the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls