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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[음란 강화] make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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[요점] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
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[중복] one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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[일반] of an entire group or class; general
dwarf  Speak Example sentences
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[신중] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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[드워프] cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
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[등장] come into prominence; spring up; appear
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[다르다] be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
eccentric  Speak Example sentences
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[편심] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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[명시] put into effect; carry out the legalities of
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[일반] of an entire group or class; general
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[등장] come into prominence; spring up; appear
elderly  Speak Example sentences
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[디스크] flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
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[아름다운] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
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[개입] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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[노인] somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
emphasize  Speak Example sentences
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[견적] judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
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[강조] stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
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[양동] act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
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[재밌어요] by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
equivalent  Speak Example sentences
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[노인] somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
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[해당] interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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[배아] bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed
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[아름다운] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
estimate  Speak Example sentences
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[교직원] inherent power or ability; the body of persons with specific professional powers
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[견적] judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
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[일반] of an entire group or class; general
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[명시] put into effect; carry out the legalities of
exceptional  Speak Example sentences
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[예외] extraordinary; unusual; well above average
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[특징] prominent aspect of something
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[다르다] be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
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[교직원] inherent power or ability; the body of persons with specific professional powers
exile  Speak Example sentences
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[절망] cause to be sorrowful; distress
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[무시] ignore; discount; take no notice of
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[개입] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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[추방] force separation from one's native country
extent  Speak Example sentences
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[절망] cause to be sorrowful; distress
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[감염] able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
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[진화] develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
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[범위] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends