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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abide  Speak Example sentences
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[추방] drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
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[자산] properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
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[준수] endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
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[집착] hold fast or adhere to something; stick together and resist separation; remain emotionally
advocate  Speak Example sentences
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[식민지] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
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[웅크림] the top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of plant or tree; grain or other product of field while standing
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[선동] cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
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[열변을 토하다] speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
agitate  Speak Example sentences
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[준수] endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
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[화음] combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
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[거대한] of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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[선동] cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
alter  Speak Example sentences
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[거대한] of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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[한방] knowing; skillful; artful; designing; deceitful
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[변경] modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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[멍] injure, as by a blow or collision; contuse; fight with the fists
ambitious  Speak Example sentences
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[공예] something made by people; vessel
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[현대] modern; belonging to the same period of time
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[야심] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
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[웅크림] the top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of plant or tree; grain or other product of field while standing
arch  Speak Example sentences
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[아치] any part of a curved line
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[꽃다발] small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
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[이 무딘] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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[안내서] pamphlet; small book usually having a paper cover
banish  Speak Example sentences
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[부패] changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
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[추방] drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
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[대포] great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung
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[준수] endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
blossom  Speak Example sentences
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[꽃] reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
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[자산] properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
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[발생] come up from a lower to a higher position; come above the horizon; spring up; come into action
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[바람직한] worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
blur  Speak Example sentences
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[짱] clearness of thought or style; brightness; splendor
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[부조리] quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment; logical contradiction
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[흐리게] something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot
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[기대] something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
clarity  Speak Example sentences
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[짱] clearness of thought or style; brightness; splendor
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[공예] something made by people; vessel
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[만화] a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke
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[결론] enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination; bring to an end