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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[흠] low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
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[조직] group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
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[카운터] the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite
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[죄] naive; lacking sense or awareness; free from evil or guilt
debate  Speak Example sentences
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[폭발] erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure
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[디자인] act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
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[귀가] discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
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[전문가] a person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject
despise  Speak Example sentences
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[긴급] sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
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[경멸] dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn
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[전문가] a person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject
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[에세이] composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than a formal paper
distract  Speak Example sentences
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[따라서] from this place; from this time; from this reason; as an inference or deduction
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[혼란] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[질투] malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
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[긴급] sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
essay  Speak Example sentences
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[조직] group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
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[에세이] composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than a formal paper
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[플립] go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
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[호스] a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
execution  Speak Example sentences
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[실행] accomplishment; putting into practice;  putting a person to death
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[슬픔] the pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness
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[표시] point out; direct to a knowledge of
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[질투] malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
fake  Speak Example sentences
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[가짜] imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
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[폭발] erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure
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[의상] dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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[무덤] a place for the burial; death, or extinction
figure  Speak Example sentences
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[피할] unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
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[디자인] act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
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[인물] model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number
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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
file  Speak Example sentences
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[추락] smash; collision; falling down or in pieces with a loud noise of breaking parts
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[파일] line; proceed in one line
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[호스] a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
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[임시] rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
generation  Speak Example sentences
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[조직] group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
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[마지막] forming or occurring at the end; terminating; ultimate; conclusive
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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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[인해] owed and payable immediately or on-demand; proper and appropriate; fitting