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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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embellish  Speak Example sentences
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[弛緩] acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
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[初期] beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
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[飾る] adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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[収用] take possession of; transfer another's property to oneself
encipher  Speak Example sentences
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[暗号化する] encode; convert plain message into code
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[大喜びする] rejoice; feel extreme happiness
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[撲滅] completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
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[孝行] having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
engulf  Speak Example sentences
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[異端] one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
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[弛緩] acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
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[休暇] leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant
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[巻き込むを] absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
erudite  Speak Example sentences
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[博識] learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
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[崇敬] make holy; set apart for holy or religious use; consecrate; treat or keep as sacred
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[哀歌] poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
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[シミ] spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
expropriate  Speak Example sentences
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[軽薄] not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance
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[収用] take possession of; transfer another's property to oneself
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[不調和] not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
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[無形] not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
flaccid  Speak Example sentences
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[フリーズ] a narrow strip of decoration, often cut from stone or wood and usually placed at the top of a wall
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[境界] an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
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[厚かまし] shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
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[弛緩] acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
fleck  Speak Example sentences
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[シミ] spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
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[過敏] having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
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[エンタングルメント] an intricate trap that ensnares its victim
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[亜麻] a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers
flout  Speak Example sentences
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[憂鬱] sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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[かもし出し] cause; bring into existence; give rise to
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[先見の明のない] thriftless; not providing for future; incautious
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[軽蔑] reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
forebode  Speak Example sentences
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[馬] be similar or bear a likeness to horse; relating to horse
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[厚かまし] shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
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[予言] foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
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[異端] one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
formative  Speak Example sentences
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[葉状体] fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
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[造形] developing; forming; capable of forming or molding
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[初期] beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
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[独断的な] stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid