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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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absolute  Speak Example sentences
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[逃げる廃止絶対] perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
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[大通り] way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
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[品揃え] variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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[算術] theory of numerical calculations
amicable  Speak Example sentences
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[逆境を] state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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[友好] exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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[任命] designate; nominate; choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
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[雰囲気] air; a mixture of gases that surrounds any planet
archaeology  Speak Example sentences
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[抽象] theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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[大胆な] bold; brave and taking risks
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[告白] public declaration of faith
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[考古学] study of artifacts and relics of early humankind
avenue  Speak Example sentences
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[税関] money collected under a tariff
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[シチズンシップ] status of a citizen with rights and duties
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[大通り] way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
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[逆境を] state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
beneath  Speak Example sentences
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[友好] exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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[破損] illegal, harmful, or dishonest behavior, especially by people in positions of power
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[下] lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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[主務] capable; able to do something well
cavern  Speak Example sentences
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[破損] illegal, harmful, or dishonest behavior, especially by people in positions of power
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[主務] capable; able to do something well
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[腐食] the process of corroding, or metal that has been corroded; decay
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[洞窟] cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave
citizenship  Speak Example sentences
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[逆境を] state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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[シチズンシップ] status of a citizen with rights and duties
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[クロス] traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection
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[主務] capable; able to do something well
civilization  Speak Example sentences
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[チョーク] soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish-white color, used as a drawing implement
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[文明] a human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture
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[コンテナ] any object that can be used to hold things
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[慈悲] generous in providing aid to others; charitable
coherence  Speak Example sentences
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[コヒーレンス] logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together
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[アライメント] arrangement; association; alliance
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[文明] a human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture
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[算術] theory of numerical calculations
competent  Speak Example sentences
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[主務] capable; able to do something well
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[絶対] utterly; not viewed in relation to other things or factors
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[アシスタント] helper; a person who assists or helps someone else
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[祝] act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration