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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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misguided  Speak Example sentences
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[見当] based or acting on the error; misled; lacking proper guidance
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[中和] make neutral and thus inoffensive
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[霧] visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere; haze before the eyes that blurs the vision
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[地域] province; district; tract; neighborhood; the upper air; sky or heavens; inhabitants of a district
neglect  Speak Example sentences
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[無視] disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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[磁気] having the properties of attracting iron or steel; captivating; attractive;  being to draw or pull
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[監督] supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
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[運動] product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
neutralize  Speak Example sentences
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[子孫] descendant; the young of an animal
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[中和] make neutral and thus inoffensive
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[緯度] freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
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[暗唱] repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
nobility  Speak Example sentences
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[いたずら] behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment
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[近接] state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
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[貴族] quality or state of being noble; the superiority of mind or character; commanding excellence; eminence
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[緯度] freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
oblivious  Speak Example sentences
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[プローブ] explore with tools; investigate; search
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[流行は] the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
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[中和] make neutral and thus inoffensive
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[紛失] inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
offspring  Speak Example sentences
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[近接] state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
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[プロキシ] authority to act for another; agent or substitute
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[子孫] descendant; the young of an animal
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[悪名] disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
organ  Speak Example sentences
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[優先] induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
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[鉱石] natural part or structure in animal or plant, capable of performing some special action
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[プラネタリウム] apparatus or model representing the solar system; museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling
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[投票] the direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment; a note from a diplomat
outbreak  Speak Example sentences
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[ラケット] a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
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[無視] disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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[優先] induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
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[流行は] the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
paranoia  Speak Example sentences
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[妄想] psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
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[口ひげ] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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[体制] form of government; government in power; administration; prevailing social system or pattern
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[霧] visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere; haze before the eyes that blurs the vision
portfolio  Speak Example sentences
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[ポートフォリオは、] portable case to hold loose papers; materials in such case; office or post of minister of state; a group of investments
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[脅威] danger; a threat or the act of threatening; something that is a source of danger; threaten; intimidate
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[無視] disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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[レバー] a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force