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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes

abrupt

1

	[구두약] shut eyes briefly; wink
	[바치고] set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate
	[돌연] broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
	[댐] a barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, specially built across a watercourse

ambitious

2

	[진부] obvious remark; overused expression or idea
	[야심] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	[자산] properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
	[준수] endure; put up with; bear; tolerate

amends

3

	[민주주의] a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of elected people
	[캡슐] small container; pill in the form of small rounded gelatinous; a shortened version of a written work
	[바람직한] worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
	[보상] compensation for a loss or injury; recompense

ammunition

4

	[귀찮게] disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate
	[식민지] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
	[식민지] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
	[탄약] military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells

blaze

5

	[의기소침한] cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
	[국어] a brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
	[신빙성] capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy
	[시작] have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin

blink

6

	[구두약] shut eyes briefly; wink
	[바람직한] worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
	[적자] inadequacy or insufficiency; the sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage
	[천문학] branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

climax

7

	[절정] upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
	[전구] the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
	[탄약] military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
	[붕대] a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds

compensate

8

	[보상] make amends for; reimburse
	[야심] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	[민주주의] a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of elected people
	[추방] drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel

compensation

9

	[아치] any part of a curved line
	[경쟁력] something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
	[야심] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
	[자산] properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality

contingency

10

	[비상] condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
	[경쟁력] something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
	[즐겁게] occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
	[적응] make fit for; change to suit a new purpose

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