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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[요새] a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
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[판타지] dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
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[주기] periodically repeated sequence of events; a long period of time; entire round in a circle or a spire
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[보도] bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
delicate  Speak Example sentences
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[영향] a power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx
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[도랑] the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
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[제거] eradicate; abolish; rule out
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[섬세한] pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
disturb  Speak Example sentences
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[방해] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[부동산] extensive landed property; everything you own; all of your assets
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[도랑] the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
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[영감] sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
eliminate  Speak Example sentences
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[방해] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[제거] eradicate; abolish; rule out
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[지옥] place of the dead, or souls after death where sinners suffer eternal punishment; any place of pain and turmoil
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[학년] step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing
energy  Speak Example sentences
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[섬세한] pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
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[덤프] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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[기부] grant; an act of giving to a fund or cause
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[에너지] exertion of force; capacity for work or vigorous activity; usable heat or power
erase  Speak Example sentences
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[피팅] small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
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[지우기] rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
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[새벽] time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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[디스플레이] exhibit; present or hold up to view; show; demonstrate; give evidence of; manifest
extra  Speak Example sentences
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[brashness] fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
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[도랑] the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
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[엑스트라] something additional of the same kind
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[국내] house-hold; of or relating to the home; within the country or home
fitting  Speak Example sentences
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[피팅] small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
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[brashness] fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
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[영감] sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
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[보류] keep from departing; take and maintain control over; stop dealing with
fragile  Speak Example sentences
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[방해] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[약해] easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
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[매출총] of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
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[잡어] take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture
generation  Speak Example sentences
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[세대] all offspring at the same stage from an ancestor; interval between the birth of parents and their offspring
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[판타지] dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
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[지우기] rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
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[조직] group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk