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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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downcast  Speak Example sentences
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[내리뜬] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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[무형] not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
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[활용] gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps
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[화신] impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
envisage  Speak Example sentences
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[촌뜨기] quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
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[봉기] rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
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[자극하기] temporary madness or delirium
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[직시하다] look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
extant  Speak Example sentences
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[무리] gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
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[잇어] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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[서사] a long heroic poem, or similar work of art
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[하등의] of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
fencing  Speak Example sentences
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[펜싱] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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[충만시키다] overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
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[뚫리지] not able to be entered; beyond understanding
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[기부] gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group
figurative  Speak Example sentences
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[오만] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[열이] marked by intense agitation or emotion
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[캥거루] an animal with large, powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
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[비유] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
flock  Speak Example sentences
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[무리] gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
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[중독증] excitement beyond the bounds of sobriety; drunkenness; poisoning by a drug or toxic substance
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[활용] gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps
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[창세기] coming into being of something; origin
fluency  Speak Example sentences
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[내부자] an accepted member of a group; one who has special knowledge or access to confidential information
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[금융] monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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[촌뜨기] quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
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[유창] quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
fraudulent  Speak Example sentences
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[생강] plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies
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[도망자] lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
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[사기] cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
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[직시하다] look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
fugitive  Speak Example sentences
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[직시하다] look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
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[도망자] lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
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[매] birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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[촌뜨기] quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
gravitation  Speak Example sentences
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[중력] the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
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[연설] noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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[본능] as a matter of instinct or nature
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[시선] fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment