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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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aboard  Speak Example sentences
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[승선] on a ship, train, plane, or other vehicles; in or into a group, organization, or business
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[쳐들어] flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft
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[화물] freight carried by ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
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[감탄] favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
absorb  Speak Example sentences
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[복수] take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
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[백본] support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
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[흡수] assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
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[감탄] favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
accounting  Speak Example sentences
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[회계] a system that provides quantitative information about finances
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[경쟁력] an aggressive willingness to compete
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[확대] widen; grow broad or broader
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[보모] a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
adoption  Speak Example sentences
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[입양] act of accepting with approval
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[무료] expressing of praise, admiration, or congratulation;  given free to repay a favor or as an act of courtesy
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[복수] take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
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[가속] a faster rate of improvement; the rate of change of velocity to time
advance  Speak Example sentences
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[보모] a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
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[사전] proceed; move forward; improve; moving forward
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[이해] grasp; ability to understand
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[경멸] scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
alternation  Speak Example sentences
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[사전] proceed; move forward; improve; moving forward
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[육성] having three dimensions
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[교대] successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
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[오만] overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
apologize  Speak Example sentences
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[경멸] scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
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[사과] beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something
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[구색] variety; collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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[복수] take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
architecture  Speak Example sentences
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[고발] indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
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[오만] overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
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[건축] art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures
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[보모] a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
arrogance  Speak Example sentences
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[관리] govern; supervise; give or apply medications
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[고발] indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
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[흡수] assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
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[오만] overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
attic  Speak Example sentences
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[사과] beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something
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[보모] a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
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[다락방] story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house
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[이해] grasp; ability to understand