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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dilemma  Speak Example sentences
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[모여봐] crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together
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[소화] break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
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[교직원] inherent power or ability; the body of persons with specific professional powers
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[딜레마] predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
dine  Speak Example sentences
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[터무니없는] lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
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[상상력] marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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[니트] contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
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[식사] eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
electronics  Speak Example sentences
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[전자] branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons; electronic devices
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[이행] look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
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[유연] pliant; elastic; capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
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[교직원] inherent power or ability; the body of persons with specific professional powers
exquisite  Speak Example sentences
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[시급] having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
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[편심] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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[무시] ignore; discount; take no notice of
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[아름다운] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
faculty  Speak Example sentences
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[교직원] inherent power or ability; the body of persons with specific professional powers
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[시작] begin; originate; admit into membership
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[보험] make sure or secure, specifically against loss by a contingent event; give or take insurance on
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[가루] fine powdery foodstuff; soft, fine powder
feast  Speak Example sentences
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[축제] festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment
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[식사] eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
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[가하다] impose something unpleasant; cause
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[진료소] health facility where patients receive treatment
flexible  Speak Example sentences
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[핸디캡을] disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
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[양동] act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
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[유연] pliant; elastic; capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
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[무시] ignore; discount; take no notice of
heap  Speak Example sentences
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[인플레이션] the general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
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[식사] eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
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[상호 작용] interplay; act together or towards others or with
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[힙] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
hemisphere  Speak Example sentences
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[인테리어] inside; inner part; internal; inner
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[핸디캡을] disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
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[감동] stimulating or exalting to the spirit
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[반구] halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
imitation  Speak Example sentences
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[모여봐] crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together
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[사설] of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
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[모방] emulation; copying the actions of someone else
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[연루] incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result