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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rescind  Speak Example sentences
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[적합] meant or adapted for an occasion or use
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[유통] a company which sells goods
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[지우다] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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[유혹] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
shortcut  Speak Example sentences
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[찔러] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[바로가기] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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[워프] cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
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[로타리] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
siren  Speak Example sentences
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[사이렌] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[해결] make a firm decision about; find a solution to
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[화려] magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
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[생리 척추] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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[속물] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[정보중인] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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[셔플] disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
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[가시] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs
spine  Speak Example sentences
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[생리 척추] backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[삐다] a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
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[격퇴] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[사이렌] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
sterile  Speak Example sentences
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[겸손] stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
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[스캔들] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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[멸균] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[정보중인] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
substitute  Speak Example sentences
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[관능] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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[대신] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
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[퇴적암] in a manner free from fear or risk
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[사파이어] a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
teem  Speak Example sentences
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[가득하며] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[유혹] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
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[속물] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[재가] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
tempting  Speak Example sentences
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[유혹] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
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[지우다] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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[격퇴] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[연단을 ��니 모양의 물리게하다] satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
thorny  Speak Example sentences
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[대신] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
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[워프] cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
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[유혹] attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
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[가시] prickly; having or covered with protective barbs