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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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deficient  Speak Example sentences
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[생물] a person who inhabits a particular place
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[켜다] swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
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[변동] a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
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[결함] inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
determine  Speak Example sentences
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[파괴] havoc; event that completely destroys something
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[공정] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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[음침한] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[확인] fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
disastrous  Speak Example sentences
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[비참한] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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[결함] inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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[파괴] havoc; event that completely destroys something
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[피로] act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying of the contents; state of being exhausted
distortion  Speak Example sentences
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[망설] pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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[효과] efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
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[피드] give food to; supply with nourishment
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[왜곡] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
dweller  Speak Example sentences
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[음침한] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[생물] a person who inhabits a particular place
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[변동] a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
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[망설] reluctant, irresolute; tending to wait, or proceed with caution or reservation
effective  Speak Example sentences
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[다사다난한] busy; momentous; full of events or incidents
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[절약] save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
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[효과] efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
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[결실] productive; fertile; producing results; profitable
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[피드] give food to; supply with nourishment
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[효과] efficiency; quality of being effective
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[음침한] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[비참한] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
elasticity  Speak Example sentences
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[증발] process of extracting moisture
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[효과] efficiency; quality of being effective
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[탄력] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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[전자] an elementary particle with the negative charge
election  Speak Example sentences
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[선거] voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
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[절약] save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
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[아이돌] image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
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[암시] something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
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[공정] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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[전자] an elementary particle with the negative charge
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[부양] relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
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[피로] act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying of the contents; state of being exhausted