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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dictate  Speak Example sentences
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[유전] descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law
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[보풀] inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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[지시] prescribe; rule as a dictator
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[편심] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
disc  Speak Example sentences
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[효율] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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[디스크] flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
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[요점] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
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[정교] marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
dispute  Speak Example sentences
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[갈기] crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
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[어두운] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[분쟁] argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
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[중복] one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
edit  Speak Example sentences
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[급박한] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[소화] break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
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[편집] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
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[해석] explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
enhance  Speak Example sentences
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[난리] highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
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[지시] prescribe; rule as a dictator
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[음란 강화] make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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[동적] energetic; vigorously active
fare  Speak Example sentences
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[coeducation] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
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[요금] food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger
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[섬광] light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
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[어두운] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
fend  Speak Example sentences
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[원주민] native; originating where it is found
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[주사] put in; infuse; force or drive fluid into something
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[갈기] crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
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[방어] ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
gender  Speak Example sentences
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[급박한] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[귀중한] valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
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[성별] sexual identity, especially about society or culture; category
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[유전] descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law
glare  Speak Example sentences
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[개입] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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[음란 강화] make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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[섬광] light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
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[해석] explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
heap  Speak Example sentences
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[급박한] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[날카로운] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
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[위조] a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
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[힙] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass