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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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embryo  Speak Example sentences
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[도끼] short ax used to chop wood
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[배아] completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
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[홍채] goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
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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
engaging  Speak Example sentences
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[매력] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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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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[친밀감] closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiarity
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[가는것 온실] house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather
exhaustive  Speak Example sentences
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[과도] treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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[조리실은] a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
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[위선] one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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[펌블] feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
exonerate  Speak Example sentences
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[반했다] something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
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[유해한] harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
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[무죄] acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
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[원예] cultivation of plants
fervor  Speak Example sentences
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[열렬] the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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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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[게이지] standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
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[화신] impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
flare  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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[촌뜨기] quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
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[면제] be free from; free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject
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[하등의] of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
florid  Speak Example sentences
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[irksome] reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
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[배아] completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
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[모습] outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
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[즉시] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
galley  Speak Example sentences
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[봉기] rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
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[무효] make invalid; nullify; destroy
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[중력] the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
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[조리실은] a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
gauge  Speak Example sentences
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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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[게이지] standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
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[펌블] feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
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[만료일] act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation
grandeur  Speak Example sentences
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[미로] maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
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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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[각주를] a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to
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[촌뜨기] quality or condition of being grand; magnificence