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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes

layoff

1

	[身の毛もよだつ] causing sadness, compassion, or pity
	[ピクニック] eat in the open air; have informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
	[パスポート] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
	[解雇] dismissal of employees from their jobs

legitimate

2

	[ジャム] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
	[正当な] accordant with law; lawful; based on logical reasoning; reasonable
	[相] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
	[パスポート] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad

lose

3

	[潜在] existing in possibility; expected to become or be
	[正当な] accordant with law; lawful; based on logical reasoning; reasonable
	[ピックアップ] remove something with the fingers or with the teeth; separate as choice or desirable
	[失う] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win

mall

4

	[意見] notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation
	[長方形] belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
	[ショッピングモール] shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
	[リーク] escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal

mansion

5

	[邸宅] dwelling-house of the better class; a large or stately residence
	[ジャーク] pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
	[回復] get or find back; regain a former condition
	[意見] notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation

marvelous

6

	[湿地] wonderful; extraordinarily good
	[行進] walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
	[評判] state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
	[相] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage

military

7

	[ショッピングモール] shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
	[相] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
	[軍事] about soldiers, to arms, or war; of the whole body of soldiers
	[意見] notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation

nickel

8

	[解雇] dismissal of employees from their jobs
	[成熟] the largest possible quantity
	[ニッケル] a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar
	[パスポート] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad

pathetic

9

	[長方形] belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
	[評判] state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
	[明らか] exposed; easily discovered; plain
	[身の毛もよだつ] causing sadness, compassion, or pity

pick

10

	[パスポート] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
	[動機] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
	[ジャム] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
	[ピックアップ] remove something with the fingers or with the teeth; separate as choice or desirable

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