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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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disastrous  Speak Example sentences
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[悲惨] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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[平等] state or quality of being equal
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[発散] difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction
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[派閥] a party of persons having a common end in view
documentary  Speak Example sentences
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[硬化] become hard or harder
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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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[以前] previously; at an earlier time; once
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[デザート] a dish served as the last course of a meal
dweller  Speak Example sentences
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[変形] change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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[非表示] prevent from being seen or discovered
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[住人] a person who inhabits a particular place
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[魅力] capacity to attract intense interest
efficiency  Speak Example sentences
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[非表示] prevent from being seen or discovered
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[効率] effectiveness; quality or property of being efficient; the ratio of useful output to the total input in any system
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[判読] incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
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[解体] act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
elegance  Speak Example sentences
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[欲張り] wanting to get more than one can reasonably get
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[エレガンス] the refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
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[除外] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[地震] quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
endless  Speak Example sentences
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[除外] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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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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[無限] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
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[住人] a person who inhabits a particular place
exalted  Speak Example sentences
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[節約高貴] superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value
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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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[感情] sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
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[詳細] get greater distance; make more in advance
exclusion  Speak Example sentences
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[汚い] nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure
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[家具] movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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[さきがけ] proclaim; announces important news; messenger
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[除外] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
formerly  Speak Example sentences
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[以前] previously; at an earlier time; once
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[さきがけ] proclaim; announces important news; messenger
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[魅力] capacity to attract intense interest
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[幻] deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
fortress  Speak Example sentences
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[要塞] fort; castle; fortified place, especially a large military stronghold, often includes a town
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[劣化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[感情] sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
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[異種] different; unlike; not similar