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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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engaging  Speak Example sentences
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[매력] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[희생양] battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
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[지옥] incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent
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[무리] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
eulogy  Speak Example sentences
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[면책] protection; exemption from normal legal duties
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[노력] earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
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[송별사] expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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[laboriously] in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
exemplary  Speak Example sentences
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[모범] serving as a model; outstanding; typical
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[광택] smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
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[건물] the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
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[창세기] coming into being of something; origin
feverish  Speak Example sentences
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[관용] noble birth; quality of being noble; noble-mindedness; liberality in giving
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[추출] a passage from a literary work; an excerpt; something extracted
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[열이] marked by intense agitation or emotion
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[비유] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
figurative  Speak Example sentences
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[구현] tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
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[비유] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[과수원] group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
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[잇어] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
fiscal  Speak Example sentences
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[송별사] expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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[회계] pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
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[표제] course or direction in which a ship or aircraft is moving; title, subtitle, or topic that stands at the top or beginning
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[무리] gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
futile  Speak Example sentences
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[노력] earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
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[과수원] group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
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[쓸데] useless; having no useful result; vain
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[공상] imaginative; not based on fact; dubious
hatchet  Speak Example sentences
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[구현] tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
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[만세] pour something down or forth; greet or acclaim enthusiastically
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[비유] not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
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[도끼] short ax used to chop wood
heading  Speak Example sentences
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[개집] outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
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[이미지] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
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[열이] marked by intense agitation or emotion
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[표제] course or direction in which a ship or aircraft is moving; title, subtitle, or topic that stands at the top or beginning
hiss  Speak Example sentences
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[복장] costume; clothes of a particular type
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[히스] prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
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[자금] act of financing; financial resources provided to make some project possible
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[도끼] short ax used to chop wood