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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rein  Speak Example sentences
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[유지] support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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[협박] pose a threat to; present a danger to
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[육중한] lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor
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[억제] a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing or restraining
revoke  Speak Example sentences
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[달래] cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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[변호사] a petitioner who seeks contributions or trade or votes; chief law officer of a city, town, or government department
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[취소] void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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[분산] an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
ripen  Speak Example sentences
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[변호사] a petitioner who seeks contributions or trade or votes; chief law officer of a city, town, or government department
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[익히다] grow ripe; cause to ripen or develop fully
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[비꼬는] ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
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[도시] metropolitan;  of, relating to, or located in a city
scenic  Speak Example sentences
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[여러가지] different; diverse; several; manifold; changeable; uncertain
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[표창] acceptance; an agreement that something is true or legal
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[도시] metropolitan;  of, relating to, or located in a city
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[경치] constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
streak  Speak Example sentences
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[줄무늬] a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein
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[달래] cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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[두개골] a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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[해바라기] a plant having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays
talent  Speak Example sentences
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[인재] skill; gift; marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment
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[맛] have experience or enjoyment; take a sample of; have flavor
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[기술 사원] church; place of worship
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[전례] having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
temple  Speak Example sentences
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[기술 사원] church; place of worship
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[저축] resources; money saved
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[크게] steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
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[불안] inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing
terribly  Speak Example sentences
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[표창] acceptance; an agreement that something is true or legal
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[정말] dreadfully; frightfully; to a great extent; very much
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[저축] resources; money saved
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[육중한] lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor
threaten  Speak Example sentences
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[불안] inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing
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[크게] steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
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[협박] pose a threat to; present a danger to
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[분산] an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
treason  Speak Example sentences
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[기술 사원] church; place of worship
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[반역] disloyalty; betrayal of trust or confidence
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[경치] constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
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[도시] metropolitan;  of, relating to, or located in a city