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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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ambitious  Speak Example sentences
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[야심] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
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[문맥] circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
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[성가] utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
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[목수] a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
astronomy  Speak Example sentences
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[연회장] feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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[주의] conservative; not acting quickly in order to avoid risks
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[천문학] branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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[표백제] liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
banish  Speak Example sentences
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[문맥] circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
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[추방] drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
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[스프] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
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[성가] utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
brew  Speak Example sentences
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[스프] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
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[흠뻑] thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
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[연회장] feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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[추방] drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
cautious  Speak Example sentences
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[설명] show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
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[책임] liable to being called to account; answerable; responsible; something that can be explained
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[충수] something appended or added
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[주의] conservative; not acting quickly in order to avoid risks
chic  Speak Example sentences
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[세련된] good form; style; elegance under being fashionable
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[비상] condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
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[성가] utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
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[작물] having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; curved
clan  Speak Example sentences
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[경기장] a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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[가문] faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
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[번식] raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate
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[시작] have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
clutch  Speak Example sentences
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[논평] written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
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[경기장] a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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[스프] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
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[클러치] grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
commotion  Speak Example sentences
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[하락] change toward something smaller or lower; gradual falling off from a better state
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[홍당무] become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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[번식] raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate
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[동요] disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
cordial  Speak Example sentences
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[동요] disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
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[사용자 지정] tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
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[반대] state of being suitable
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[코디얼] gracious; showing warmth and friendliness