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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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engaging  Speak Example sentences
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[오만] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[변덕쟁이] lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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[매력] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[충동] having a power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent
exacting  Speak Example sentences
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[엄격한] making severe demands; demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention
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[충만시키다] overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
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[화물] convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported
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[계발] education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
exemption  Speak Example sentences
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[엠블럼] symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
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[면제] permission not to do something
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[불만을] cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
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[개집] outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
folding  Speak Example sentences
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[기술 부주 의한] unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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[접이식] bending so that one part covers the other
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[신속] process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
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[엄격한] making severe demands; demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention
forgery  Speak Example sentences
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[펜싱] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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[위조] act of forging, especially the illegal production of something counterfeit
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[도끼] short ax used to chop wood
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[서투른] unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
frigid  Speak Example sentences
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[현직] imposed as an obligation or duty; currently holding an office
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[차갑다고] intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
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[과민성] easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
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[서투른] unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
gaiety  Speak Example sentences
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[유쾌] merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
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[접이식] bending so that one part covers the other
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[죄책감] state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
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[매력] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
giddy  Speak Example sentences
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[열렬] the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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[변덕쟁이] lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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[신속] process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
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[별명] word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
gratification  Speak Example sentences
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[개집] outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
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[무감 각한] unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
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[만족] act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
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[충만시키다] overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
haughty  Speak Example sentences
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[오만] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[기술 부주 의한] unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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[침입] inappropriate or unwelcome addition; infringement; violation; forcible inclusion or entry
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[미로] maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages