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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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[受付] aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
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[全体] make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive
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[変更] modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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[事前] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
ambitious  Speak Example sentences
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[割り当て] appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
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[大工] a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
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[譲歩] act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
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[意欲] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
anthem  Speak Example sentences
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[降下] ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward
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[国歌] song of praise or patriotism; the song of devotion or loyalty
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[湿気] humid; moist; slightly wet
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[クーポン] negotiable certificate attached to a bond; interest warrant; detachable certificates that may be torn off as needed
anthropology  Speak Example sentences
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[湿気] humid; moist; slightly wet
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[譲歩] act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
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[人類学] social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
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[妊娠] form or develop in mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
automobile  Speak Example sentences
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[データベース] collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval
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[変更] modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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[評価] estimate  value; judge worth of something
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[自動車] self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on street or roadway
bulb  Speak Example sentences
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[譲歩] admit; yield; give up physical control of another
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[彫刻は] make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
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[電球] the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
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[衰退] change toward something smaller or lower; gradual falling off from a better state
carpenter  Speak Example sentences
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[植民地] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
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[クーポン] negotiable certificate attached to a bond; interest warrant; detachable certificates that may be torn off as needed
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[クッション] soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
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[大工] a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
carve  Speak Example sentences
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[彫刻は] make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
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[対応] do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
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[変更] modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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[不毛] desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
clarify  Speak Example sentences
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[ダム] a barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, specially built across a watercourse
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[ぼかし] something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot
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[明確] make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
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[国歌] song of praise or patriotism; the song of devotion or loyalty
conceive  Speak Example sentences
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[割り当て] appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
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[不毛] desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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[自動車] self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on street or roadway
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[妊娠] form or develop in mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way