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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes

retain

1

	[뿌리] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
	[발화] keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
	[선택] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence
	[잠수함] submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater

revenue

2

	[수익] money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
	[태클] apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
	[산산조각] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
	[사소한] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace

rumour

3

	[조류] periodic rise and fall of the sea level
	[소문] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
	[기울기] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
	[수직] upright in position or posture; oriented vertically

select

4

	[허벅지] part of the leg between the hip and the knee
	[합계] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount
	[소환] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
	[선택] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence

skeleton

5

	[골격] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
	[잠수함] submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
	[통계] a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
	[산산조각] destroy; break up; break into many pieces

slot

6

	[슬롯] broad, flat, wooden bar; slat or slot; narrow opening; slit; the position of employment
	[턱] guide; give individual instruction
	[가상] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
	[조류] periodic rise and fall of the sea level

span

7

	[놀라게] move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
	[조류] periodic rise and fall of the sea level
	[기간] duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
	[밀수] import or export without paying customs duties

spotlight

8

	[가상] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
	[스포트 라이트] the lamp that produces an intense beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; the focus of public attention
	[베일] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
	[보폭] step; pace; significant progress

spur

9

	[유틸리티] something useful; public service
	[발화] keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
	[베일] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
	[평] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste

startle

10

	[베일] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
	[놀라게] move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
	[사자] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
	[유틸리티] something useful; public service

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