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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[憂鬱] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[弾性] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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[湾] an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
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[定義] clarity of outline; concise explanation
dismal  Speak Example sentences
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[憂鬱] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[躊躇] pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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[飢餓] strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
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[非難] condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
distribution  Speak Example sentences
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[発散] vary; go in different directions from the same point
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[弾性] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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[入国審査] migration into a place; moving into a place
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[分布] act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
documentary  Speak Example sentences
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[ドキュメンタリー] film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
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[憂鬱] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[発散] vary; go in different directions from the same point
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[毛] bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
elevation  Speak Example sentences
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[標高] altitude; the height of a place above the level of the sea
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[献身] faithfulness; ardent, often selfless affection and dedication
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[慣用句] having the nature of an idiom; characteristic of a given language
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[ファッション] style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model
endless  Speak Example sentences
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[欠損] inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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[無限] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
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[興奮は] state of being emotionally aroused
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[非難] condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
evidence  Speak Example sentences
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[愚か] marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
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[定義] clarity of outline; concise explanation
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[変動] a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
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[証拠] something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
excitement  Speak Example sentences
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[従業員] worker; a person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation
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[興奮は] state of being emotionally aroused
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[細長い] save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
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[家] provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor
expedition  Speak Example sentences
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[定義] clarity of outline; concise explanation
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[無限] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
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[遠征] journey organized for a particular purpose
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[搾取] unfair use of someone's work, giving little in return
forefather  Speak Example sentences
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[変動] a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
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[霧] obscured by fog; indistinct or hazy in outline
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[先祖] an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
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[弾性] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed