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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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recognition  Speak Example sentences
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[바이올린] a small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
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[쟁반] an open receptacle for holding or displaying, or serving articles or food
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[표창] acceptance; an agreement that something is true or legal
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[조소] words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of
refinement  Speak Example sentences
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[예제] a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
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[관용] showing respect for the rights of others; open-minded; showing the capacity for endurance
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[상세 검색] result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
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[언로] take something off a container
religious  Speak Example sentences
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[유지] support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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[종교] of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
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[관용] showing respect for the rights of others; open-minded; showing the capacity for endurance
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[생식] have offspring or young; duplicate; make a copy
ridicule  Speak Example sentences
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[세련된] cultured; purified; made pure
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[투표] a formal expression of preference for a candidate; the number of casting in an election; the result of election
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[조소] words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter; make fun of
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[폭력] the physical force exerted to violate, damage, or abuse
secret  Speak Example sentences
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[비밀] something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
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[손목] the joint between the hand and the forearm
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[반란] organized opposition to authority
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[종교] of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
shrine  Speak Example sentences
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[미덕] goodness, moral excellence; good quality
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[예제] a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
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[신사] case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
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[그늘] a slight amount or degree of difference; shadow; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
slumber  Speak Example sentences
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[종교] of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
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[일출] the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky
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[예제] a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
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[파자마] sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
soldier  Speak Example sentences
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[방수] tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with a material that doesn't allow water in
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[익은] ready; fully developed; mature
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[폭력] the physical force exerted to violate, damage, or abuse
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[군인] one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army
telegraph  Speak Example sentences
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[유지] support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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[미덕] goodness, moral excellence; good quality
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[인식] perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
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[전신] apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
unfortunately  Speak Example sentences
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[바이올린] a small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
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[각] individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful
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[불행히도] unluckily; by bad luck
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[유지] support; preserve; hold aloft; raise