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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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eccentric  Speak Example sentences
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[無効] of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
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[編集] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
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[偏心] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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[避難] make empty; remove contents of
edit  Speak Example sentences
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[区別] characterize; differentiate; recognize
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[フラット] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
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[エリート] a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status
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[編集] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
evaluate  Speak Example sentences
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[象牙] teeth of the elephant;  pale or grayish-yellow to yellowish-white
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[控えめ] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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[鋭い] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
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[評価] judge; examine and judge carefully; appraise
evolution  Speak Example sentences
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[進化] development; a gradual process of change and development
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[フラット] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
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[フォーラム] a place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
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[避難所] refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
excess  Speak Example sentences
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[過剰] amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; surplus
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[陰鬱] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
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[偏心] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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[エリート] a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status
extent  Speak Example sentences
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[エチケット] manners; rules governing socially acceptable behavior
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[程度] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
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[経済] branch of social science that deals with the production and consumption and their management
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[象牙] teeth of the elephant;  pale or grayish-yellow to yellowish-white
filter  Speak Example sentences
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[フィルタ] strain; pass liquid or gas through a device that blocks some matter by a particular criterion
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[金融] management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
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[編集] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
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[無能] lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
flatter  Speak Example sentences
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[グレア] light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
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[箔] prevent from being successful
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[群れ] group; herd; crowd; gather; crowd; throng
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[フラット] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
flexible  Speak Example sentences
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[ハイライト] make prominent; emphasize; stress
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[疑問] distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
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[鋭い] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
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[柔軟] pliant; elastic; capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
foil  Speak Example sentences
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[程度] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
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[箔] prevent from being successful
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[進化] development; a gradual process of change and development
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[陰鬱] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless